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Azithromycin may protect against Zika, study finds

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  • Posted on: 11.30.2016
Abstract


Researchers found the antibiotic azithromycin can block the Zika virus from infecting fetal brain tissue cells grown in lab dishes. The findings, published online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, revealed the virus targets brain cells with an abundance of the AXL protein.