El virus Zika: una revisión de literatura
Presentamos una breve revisión del nuevo virus emergente en América: el virus ZIKA, por ello tocamos los principales aspectos de la historia, epidemiología, clínica, diagnóstico y control de esta dolencia.
Ciro Maguiña, Edén Galán-Rodas
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El zika es una enfermedad causada por un flavivirus que se transmite por la picadura del mosquito Aedes infectado con el virus. Su infección afecta especialmente a las embarazadas, dando lugar a alteraciones en el feto como microcefalia congénita y el ...
Monserratt Betzabhé Pico Franco +6 more
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Neural precursor cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells exhibit reduced susceptibility to infection with a neurotropic coronavirus. [PDF]
The present study examines the susceptibility of mouse induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neural precursor cells (iPSC-NPCs) to infection with the neurotropic JHM strain of mouse hepatitis virus (JHMV).
Lane, Thomas E +4 more
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Comportamiento clínico epidemiológico de las pacientes embarazadas ingresadas en la unidad de atención a febriles como caso sospechoso de Zika del servicio de Gineco obstetricia del Hospital Alemán Nicaragüense Julio -Septiembre del año 2016 [PDF]
El Zika es una enfermedad febril exantemática causada por el virus Zika (ZIKAV), un arbovirus del género flavivirus (familia Flaviviridae), muy cercano filogenéticamente a virus como el dengue, fiebre amarilla, la encefalitis japonesa, o el virus del ...
Castro Vargas, Kenneth Jesús +1 more
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Animal models of Zika virus infection, pathogenesis, and immunity [PDF]
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging mosquito-transmitted flavivirus that now causes epidemics affecting millions of people on multiple continents. The virus has received global attention because of some of its unusual epidemiological and clinical features ...
Diamond, Michael S, Morrison, Thomas E
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Objetivo: describir la distribución espacial y temporal de los virus del dengue, zika y Chikungunya en Colombia e identificar si existe agregación espacial, temporal y espacio-temporal.
Luz Elena Triana-Vidal +4 more
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Phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinase as a target of pathogens—friend or foe?
This graphical summary illustrates the roles of phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinases (PI4Ks). PI4Ks regulate key cellular processes and can be hijacked by pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria and parasites, to support their intracellular replication. Their dual role as essential host enzymes and pathogen cofactors makes them promising drug targets.
Ana C. Mendes +3 more
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Zika, la nueva epidemia: Situación de la Infección y desafíos para la salud publicas
El Virus Zika (familia Flaviviridae, genero Flavivirus), es un virus transmitido por mosquitos de la especie Aedes, aislado por primera vez de un mono Rhesus centinela en el bosque de Zika en Uganda en 1947y luego identificado en humanos en 1952 (1 ...
Fernando Riera
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HIV positive patient with GBS-like syndrome [PDF]
Introduction. Guillain–Barré Syndrome (GBS) is an acute demyelinating polyneuropathy which can occur post-infection. Criteria of diagnosis of GBS include areflexia with progressive bilateral weakness in arms and legs.
Black, Heather +3 more
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Nano‐ and Micro‐Sized Solid Materials Used as Antiviral Agents
Due to the rise of viral infections in humans and possible viral outbreaks, the use of nano‐ or micro‐sized materials as antiviral agents is rapidly increasing. This review explores their antiviral properties against RNA and DNA viruses, either as a prevention or a treatment tool, by delving into their mechanisms of action and how to properly assess ...
Orfeas‐Evangelos Plastiras +6 more
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