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Workplace Health & Safety, 2016 Zika virus (ZIKV) infections are the latest global public health emergency. Occupational health nurses can protect society by educating workers, women of childbearing age, and others traveling in ZIKV-infected areas about prevention strategies.
Jennan A, Phillips, Anavernyel, Neyland
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Pathogens, 2020 Zika virus (ZIKV), a neurotropic single-stranded RNA flavivirus, remains an important cause of congenital infection, fetal microcephaly, and Guillain-Barré syndrome in populations where ZIKV has adapted to a nexus involving the Aedes mosquitoes and humans.
Sophie Masmejan +7 more
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Zika virus and Zika fever [PDF]
Virologica Sinica, 2016 An emerging mosquito-borne arbovirus named Zika virus (ZIKV), of the family Flaviviridae and genus Flavivirus, is becoming a global health threat. ZIKV infection was long neglected due to its sporadic nature and mild symptoms. However, recently, with its rapid spread from Asia to the Americas, affecting more than 30 countries, accumulating evidences ...
Zhaoyang, Wang, Peigang, Wang, Jing, An
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Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Digital Health, 2018 The devastating consequences of neonates infected with the Zika virus makes it necessary to fight and stop the spread of this virus and its vectors (Aedes mosquitoes). An essential part of the fight against mosquitoes is the use of mobile technology to support routine surveillance and risk assessment by community health workers (health agents).
Juan D. Beltrán +4 more
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Zika virus infection in the returning traveller: what every neurologist should know [PDF]
, 2018 Zika virus has been associated with a wide range of neurological complications. Neurologists in areas without current active transmission of the virus may be confronted with Zika-associated neurological disease, as a large number of returning travellers ...
Brito Ferreira, Maria Lucia +6 more
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Is the United States Prepared for a Major Zika Virus Outbreak? [PDF]
, 2016 Zika virus has emerged as a global public health crisis with active transmission in the Americas and Caribbean. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), and recently WHO reported there is a ...
Gostin, Lawrence O. +1 more
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Anti-ganglioside antibodies in patients with Zika virus infection-associated Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Brazil. [PDF]
, 2019 Zika virus infection is associated with the development of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), a neurological autoimmune disorder caused by immune recognition of gangliosides and other components at nerve membranes.
Alcantara, Luiz Carlos Junior +7 more
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Interferon lambda protects the female reproductive tract against Zika virus infection [PDF]
, 2019 Zika virus infections can cause devastating congenital birth defects but the underlying interactions with the host immune system are not well understood.
Arora, Nitin +7 more
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The Impact of the Zika Epidemic on Women’s Reproductive Intentions and Behaviors in Brazil [PDF]
, 2017 This research brief reports on a focus group study that explores how and why the Zika virus affects reproductive processes in Brazil. The authors found that both reproductive intentions and behaviors changed as a result of the Zika epidemic among women ...
Alves, Sandra Valongueiro +3 more
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How do medical researchers make causal inferences? [PDF]
, 2019 Bradford Hill (1965) highlighted nine aspects of the complex evidential situation a medical researcher faces when determining whether a causal relation exists between a disease and various conditions associated with it.
Dammann, Olaf +2 more
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