MottCenter for HumanGrowth and Development at Wayne State University has uncovered how exposure to the Zika virus during pregnancy can cause lasting, sex-specific changes to a child's immune system, even when no birth defects are apparent.
3, 2025, issue of Nature Communications revealed that Zika virus exposure during pregnancy causes long-term, sex-specific changes to a baby's immune system, particularly affecting the frontline immune cells that fight infection.