Clarke secures CCTSI pilot grant to study Zika virus

Early last year, the World Health Organization declared Zika virus an international public health emergency. Zika virus (ZIKV) is responsible for a massive pandemic that is associated with several devastating neuropathologic conditions, including microcephaly and other birth defects in newborns, and Guillain-Barré syndrome, an immune-mediated disease resulting in nerve damage and temporary but often severe paralysis, in adults.