A mouse study has suggested that Zika virus may reproduce in the vagina of pregnant women several days after infection, from where it spreads and infects the fetal brain and impairing fetal development. This is contained in a new study published on Friday in Washington in the U.S. journal Cell by researchers from the Yale University.
The researchers observed that Zika is commonly transmitted through a bite from an infected mosquito, and recent reports have confirmed it is also capable of leaping from person to person through sexual transmission.