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Zika virus infection enhances future risk of severe dengue disease

Science, 2020
Double whammy Dengue and Zika virus epidemics have been lapping each other around the globe. These are closely related mosquito-borne viruses with about 40% homology within the envelope protein.
L. Katzelnick, César Narvaez, Sonia Arguello, Brenda Lopez Mercado, Damaris Collado, Oscarlett Ampie, Douglas Elizondo, Tatiana Miranda, Fausto Bustos Carillo, J. Mercado, Krista Latta, Amy J Schiller, Bruno Segovia-Chumbez, S. Ojeda, N. Sanchez, M. Plazaola, J. Coloma, M. Halloran, L. Premkumar, A. Gordon, Federico Narvaez, A. D. de Silva, G. Kuan, Á. Balmaseda, E. Harris   +24 more
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Field validation of the performance of paper-based tests for the detection of the Zika and chikungunya viruses in serum samples

Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2022
In low-resource settings, resilience to infectious disease outbreaks can be hindered by limited access to diagnostic tests. Here we report the results of double-blinded studies of the performance of paper-based diagnostic tests for the Zika and ...
Margot Karlikow, S. J. R. da Silva, Yuxiu Guo, Seray Çiçek, L. Krokovsky, P. Homme, Yilin Xiong, Talia Xu, M. Calderón-Peláez, Sigrid Camacho-Ortega, D. Ma, J. J. F. de Magalhães, Bárbara Nayane Rosário Fernandes Souza, Diego Guerra de Albuquerque Cabral, Katariina Jaenes, Polina Sutyrina, Tom Ferrante, A. D. Benitez, Victoria Nipaz, P. Ponce, Darius G. Rackus, James J. Collins, Marcelo H. S. Paiva, J. Castellanos, V. Cevallos, A. Green, C. Ayres, L. Pena, Keith Pardee   +28 more
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Mosquito-Borne Viral Infections in the Krasnodar Territory ~ Risks of Autochthonous Cases of the Disease

Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2021
Introduction. Global climate changes affect the habitats of insects, including mosquitoes, which are carriers of dangerous natural focal infections. When mosquitos develop new territories, they create a potential threat to people who find themselves in ...
S. V. Lenshin, I. V. Patraman, S. V. Alkhovsky, O. I. Vyshemirsky   +3 more
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Zika Virus Infects Human Cortical Neural Precursors and Attenuates Their Growth

Cell Stem Cell, 2016
SUMMARY The suspected link between infection by Zika virus (ZIKV), a re-emerging flavivirus, and microcephaly is an urgent global health concern. The direct target cells of ZIKV in the developing human fetus are not clear.
Hengli Tang, Christy Hammack, Sarah C. Ogden, Zhexing Wen, Xuyu Qian, Yujing Li, Bing Yao, Jaehoon Shin, Feiran Zhang, Emily M. Lee, K. Christian, Ruth A. Didier, P. Jin, Hongjun Song, G. Ming   +14 more
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The overlapping global distribution of dengue, chikungunya, Zika and yellow fever

Nature Communications
Arboviruses transmitted mainly by Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti and Ae. albopictus, including dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses, and yellow fever virus in urban settings, pose an escalating global threat.
A. Lim, F. Shearer, K. Sewalk, D. Pigott, J. Clarke, Azhar Ghouse, C. Judge, Hyolim Kang, Jane P. Messina, Moritz U. G. Kraemer, K. Gaythorpe, William M. de Souza, Elaine O. Nsoesie, M. Celone, N. Faria, S. Ryan, Ingrid B. Rabe, Diana P Rojas, S. Hay, John S. Brownstein, N. Golding, Oliver J. Brady   +21 more
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The Brazilian Zika virus strain causes birth defects in experimental models

Nature, 2016
Zika virus infection has been linked to an increase in the number of infants born with microcephaly in Brazil, but direct experimental proof that Zika virus causes birth defects was lacking. Here Alysson Muotri and colleagues show that the Brazilian Zika
Fernanda R. Cugola, I. Fernandes, F. B. Russo, Beatriz C. Freitas, João Leonardo Rodrigues Mendonça Dias, Katia P. Guimarães, C. Benazzato, N. Almeida, G. C. Pignatari, Sarah Romero, C. Polonio, I. Cunha, C. L. Freitas, W. Brandão, C. Rossato, David A G Andrade, D. Faria, A. T. Garcez, Carlos Alberto Buchpigel, C. Braconi, E. Mendes, A. Sall, P. Zanotto, J. Peron, A. Muotri, Patricia C B Beltrão-Braga   +25 more
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PANO PRETO IMPREGNADO COM FUNGO Beauveria bassiana REDUZ A SOBREVIVÊNCIA DE FÊMEAS DE Aedes aegypti

Revista UniVap, 2016
O mosquito Aedes aegypti é o principal vetor das doenças dengue, chikungunya e zika. O presente estudo teve o objetivo avaliar a taxa de sobrevivência de fêmeas de A.
Adriano Rodrigues de Paula, Anderson Ribeiro, Leila Eid Imad da Silva, Richard Ian Samuels   +3 more
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Zika Virus Infection - After the Pandemic.

New England Journal of Medicine, 2019
Zika Virus and Its Associated Diseases Zika is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that can cause congenital defects, including microcephaly.
D. Musso, A. Ko, D. Baud
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Impacto general de las fiebres del Zika y Chikungunya en Colombia y América del sur: Análisis general de los virus y su importancia

Biociencias, 2016
Los virus causan importante morbilidad y mortalidad, experiencia que se ha manifestado a través de la historia. Un caso específico es el SIDA (Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida), causado por el VIH, que llega a ser mortal sin tratamiento adecuado.
Nelson Giovanny Rincón-Silva
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Congenital Zika Syndrome: Characterizing the Pattern of Anomalies for Pediatric Healthcare Providers

JAMA pediatrics, 2017
Importance Zika virus infection can be prenatally passed from a pregnant woman to her fetus. There is sufficient evidence to conclude that intrauterine Zika virus infection is a cause of microcephaly and serious brain anomalies, but the full spectrum of ...
C. Moore, J. E. Staples, W. Dobyns, A. Pessoa, C. Ventura, E. Fonseca, E. Ribeiro, Liana O Ventura, Norberto Nogueira Neto, J. Arena, S. Rasmussen   +10 more
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