As a woman past my child bearing years, I wondered if it might be safe for me to travel to areas of the world where the Zika virus is active. But new research from The Rockefeller University and La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology demonstrates that the Zika virus may affect learning and memory in the adult brain.
"This is the first study looking at the effect of Zika infection on the adult brain," says Joseph Gleeson, adjunct professor at Rockefeller, head of the Laboratory of Pediatric Brain Disease, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. "Based on our findings, getting infected with Zika as an adult may not be as innocuous as people think."
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"This is the first study looking at the effect of Zika infection on the adult brain," says Joseph Gleeson, adjunct professor at Rockefeller, head of the Laboratory of Pediatric Brain Disease, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. "Based on our findings, getting infected with Zika as an adult may not be as innocuous as people think."
Learn more here.