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âZika virus seems to pose little or no threat to the nervous system of infants or children, when infections occur after birth,â Bale says. Bale notes that the virus can cause infections in the brain such as encephalitis, but this is rare. Still, parents should be alert concerning this possibility.
Scientists have now linked the Zika virus to a serious infection in adults called meningoencephalitis (pictured here, in a MRI scan), which causes inflammation of the brain - and the thin tissue that covers it. The discovery was made after the Zika virus was found in the spinal fluid of an 81-year-old man.