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A comprehensive review of Zika virus infection
The Journal of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, 2018 Zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that is becoming a new global threat. Currently, serologic (ELISA) and molecular (RT-PCR) testing make the diagnosis of Zika virus infection.
Ahmad Tavakoli +6 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2020 Background: There is an urgent need to understand the complex relationship between cross-reactive anti-viral immunity, disease susceptibility, and severity in the face of differential exposure to related, circulating Flaviviruses.
Catherine J. Reynolds +12 more
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Case Series of Laboratory-Associated Zika Virus Disease, United States, 2016–2019
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 Zika virus diagnostic testing and laboratory research increased considerably when Zika virus began spreading through the Americas in 2015, increasing the risk for potential Zika virus exposure of laboratory workers and biomedical researchers. We report 4
Susan L. Hills +15 more
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 Congenital Zika virus syndrome consists of a large spectrum of neurologic abnormalities seen in infants infected with Zika virus in utero. However, little is known about the effects of Zika virus intrauterine infection on the neurocognitive development ...
Lorenzo Subissi +17 more
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Whole-Blood Testing for Diagnosis of Acute Zika Virus Infections in Routine Diagnostic Setting
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 We evaluated the benefit of whole blood versus plasma to detect acute Zika virus infections. Comparison of Zika virus quantitative reverse transcription PCR results in single timepoint whole blood–plasma pairs from 227 patients with suspected Zika virus ...
Jolanda J.C. Voermans +6 more
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Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2018 Background: As the number of patients with Zika virus infection increases worldwide, nursing students who conduct clinical practice in hospitals tend to at risk of Zika virus infection.
Jeong Sil Choi, Kyung M. Kim
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Transmission of Zika virus by dendritic cell subsets in skin and vaginal mucosa
Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 Zika virus is a member of the Flaviviridae family that has caused recent outbreaks associated with neurological malformations. Transmission of Zika virus occurs primarily via mosquito bite but also via sexual contact. Dendritic cells (DCs) and Langerhans
Julia Eder +8 more
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Use of Urea Wash ELISA to Distinguish Zika and Dengue Virus Infections
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 Serologic testing remains crucial for Zika virus diagnosis. We found that urea wash in a Zika virus nonstructural protein 1 IgG ELISA distinguishes secondary dengue virus infection from Zika virus infection with previous dengue (sensitivity 87.5 ...
Wen-Yang Tsai +9 more
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Distinct Zika Virus Lineage in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016 Sequencing of isolates from patients in Bahia, Brazil, where most Zika virus cases in Brazil have been reported, resulted in 11 whole and partial Zika virus genomes. Phylogenetic analyses revealed a well-supported Bahia-specific Zika virus lineage, which
Samia N. Naccache +10 more
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Maternal Zika Virus Infection in the First Trimester and Fetal Stigmata in the Third Trimester
Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, 2023 Zika is a flavivirus that is transmitted primarily by the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito. It can also be transmitted by blood transfusion, sexual contact, and from an infected mother to the unborn baby.
Divya Singh, Ladbans Kaur
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