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This from Science Advances dated 22 Feb, but just now floating to the top:
From the abstract (abridged - bold is mine)
Zika virus ... found to cause fetal infection and neonatal abnormalities, including microcephaly and neurological dysfunction. ZIKV persists in the semen months after the acute viremic phase in humans.
[...] ZIKV replication persists within the testes even after clearance from the blood, with interstitial, testosterone-producing Leydig cells supporting virus replication. We found high levels of viral RNA and antigen within the epididymal lumen, where sperm is stored, and within surrounding epithelial cells.
Unexpectedly, at 21 days post-infection, the testes of the ZIKV-infected mice were significantly smaller compared to those of mock-infected mice, indicating progressive testicular atrophy. ZIKV infection caused a reduction in serum testosterone, suggesting that male fertility can be affected. Our findings have important implications for nonvector-borne vertical transmission, as well as long-term potential reproductive deficiencies, in ZIKV-infected males.
OMG.
Full paper: http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/2/e1602899.full
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602899
(Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Sunday March 12 2017, @08:47PM (4 children)
I don't feel like it originated in an area that would be the obvious selection for a designer virus (where such a thing to be developed by an intelligent and agenda driven actor).
I don't buy into the conspiracy theories about stuff like that, at least in this case, because it's too close to the US and already make it here in limited ways. If it was state sponsored, at least by the US, then it was hella sloppy, and the life of someone who worked on the project probably got ruined for it.
Don't blame me, I voted for moose wang!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 12 2017, @10:28PM
They may not even know that they are getting that vaccine, too.
(Score: 0, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 12 2017, @11:42PM (1 child)
I don't buy into the conspiracy theories about stuff like that
I don't buy into those conspiracies either, because I am NOT A CRAZY PERSON.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 13 2017, @02:00AM
Conspiracies are nutty stuff, huh? Good thing there's level headed people like to me to stand up and loudly declare that the US government couldn't and wouldn't possibly be hiding a world-wide surveillance program for which tools for such have been stolen by various groups over the years?
Hah. Those conspiracy nutters. Probably genuinely think that we deliberately let pearl harbor happen, and that Iraq was about oil interests and not WMDs and freedoms and I bet they also don't trust whatever other bullshit our news narrative lords on TV shovel into our mouths.. Utter loons. Good thing is you and I know the truth, and it's whatever shit happens to be sitting right in front of our faces, ready to be inspected (but god forbid you look too deep, right?) at face value.
(Score: 2) by Immerman on Monday March 13 2017, @03:14PM
I thought it had originated in Africa, where it doesn't actually seem to cause any problems since everyone gets their first immunity-forming exposure to is as per-pubescent children. Then became an issue when it migrated to South America where nobody had immunity.
Or did I miss an update?