Malaria drug protects fetuses from Zika infection

(Washington University School of Medicine) Zika virus infects the fetus by manipulating the body's normal barrier to infection, according to a new study of pregnant mice by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Moreover, the study showed that a drug that interferes with this process protects the fetus from viral infection. That drug is already approved for use in pregnant women for other medical purposes.