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Travel-Associated Zika Virus Disease Acquired in the Americas Through February 2016 [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Zika virus has spread rapidly in the Americas and has been imported into many nonendemic countries by travelers. OBJECTIVE: To describe clinical manifestations and epidemiology of Zika virus disease in travelers exposed in the Americas ...
Asgeirsson, Hilmir+12 more
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Zika virus outbreak on Yap Island, Federated States of Micronesia.
BACKGROUND In 2007, physicians on Yap Island reported an outbreak of illness characterized by rash, conjunctivitis, and arthralgia. Although serum from some patients had IgM antibody against dengue virus, the illness seemed clinically distinct from ...
Mark R. Duffy+19 more
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Case Series of Laboratory-Associated Zika Virus Disease, United States, 2016–2019
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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Is the United States Prepared for a Major Zika Virus Outbreak? [PDF]
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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Zika virus infection during pregnancy can cause serious birth defects of the brain and eyes, including intracranial calcifications, cerebral or cortical atrophy, chorioretinal abnormalities, and optic nerve abnormalities (1,2).
Nicole M Roth+64 more
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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.
Oliveira, Consuelo Silva de+1 more
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Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging mosquito-borne virus that was first isolated from a sentinel rhesus monkey in the Zika Forest in Uganda in 1947. In Asia, the virus was isolated in Malaysia from Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in 1966, and the first human infections were reported in 1977 in Central Java, Indonesia.
Philippe Buchy+2 more
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Natural Vertical Transmission of Zika Virus in Larval Aedes aegypti Populations, Morelos, Mexico
We characterized natural vertical transmission of Zika virus in pools of Aedes aegypti larvae hatched from eggs collected in Jojutla, Morelos, Mexico.
Mónica Izquierdo-Suzán+8 more
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The current status of Zika virus in Southeast Asia [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: Zika virus currently poses a global threat and is a major public health issue throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. However, Zika virus infections in humans have also been observed in other regions, including Southeast Asia, where ...
Viroj Wiwanitkit
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Anti-ganglioside antibodies in patients with Zika virus infection-associated Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Brazil. [PDF]
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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