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An Overview of Zika Virus and Zika Virus Induced Neuropathies
International Journal of Molecular SciencesFlaviviruses pose a major public health concern across the globe. Among them, Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging and reemerging arthropod-borne flavivirus that has become a major international public health problem following multiple large outbreaks over the past two decades. The majority of infections caused by ZIKV exhibit mild symptoms.
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Jornal de Pediatria, 2016 This episode on Yap Islandwas followed by others, in the Pacific Ocean region of Poly-nesia and in some Southeast Asian countries, with outbreaksconfirmed by serology or polymerase chain reaction (PCR)for the ZIKV on Easter Island, and in the Solomon Islands,the Cook Islands, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and FrenchPolynesia.
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Tropical Medicine and Health, 2020 Background Monitoring both invasion of Zika virus disease into free countries and circulation in endemic countries is essential to avoid a global pandemic.
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Characterization of a Zika Virus Isolate from Colombia. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016 Zika virus (Flavivirus genus) is the first mosquito-borne virus known to cause high rates of microcephaly and abortion in humans. Typically, Zika virus causes a self-limiting, systemic illness; however, the current outbreak of Zika virus in the Americas ...
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Navigating the Zika panic [version 1; referees: 2 approved]
F1000Research, 2016 The epidemics of Ebola virus in West Africa and Zika virus in America highlight how viruses can explosively emerge into new territories. These epidemics also exposed how unprepared we are to handle infectious disease emergencies.
Nathan D. Grubaugh, Kristian G. Andersen
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Impact of flavivirus vaccine-induced immunity on primary Zika virus antibody response in humans.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 BackgroundZika virus has recently spread to South- and Central America, causing congenital birth defects and neurological complications. Many people at risk are flavivirus pre-immune due to prior infections with other flaviviruses (e.g.
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Zika Virus Testing and Outcomes during Pregnancy, Florida, USA, 2016
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 Zika virus infection during pregnancy can lead to congenital Zika syndrome. Implementation of screening programs and interpretation of test results can be particularly challenging during ongoing local mosquitoborne transmission.
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Microcephaly and the Zika virus [PDF]
Nursing Children and Young People, 2016 Cases of microcephaly brought about by the Zika virus have brought professional and personal challenges for nurses in Brazil. Paediatric nurses, such as Roberta Seabra (pictured), take over as part of the multidisciplinary team once the baby is born. In this article health writer Jacqui Thornton presents some personal stories.
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Presence and Persistence of Zika Virus RNA in Semen, United Kingdom, 2016
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 Zika virus RNA has been detected in semen collected several months after onset of symptoms of infection. Given the potential for sexual transmission of Zika virus and for serious fetal abnormalities resulting from infection during pregnancy, information ...
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2016 ABSTRACT The history of Zika virus disease serves as a paradigm of a typical emerging viral infection. Zika virus disease, a mosquito-borne flavivirus, was first isolated in 1947 in the Zika forest of Uganda. The same virus was also isolated from jungle-dwelling mosquitoes ( Aedes [ Stegomyia
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