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First report of autochthonous transmission of Zika virus in Brazil

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2015
In the early 2015, several cases of patients presenting symptoms of mild fever, rash, conjunctivitis and arthralgia were reported in the northeastern Brazil.
C. Zanluca, Vanessa Campos Andrade de Melo, A. L. Mosimann, Glauco Igor Viana dos Santos, C. D. D. dos Santos, K. Luz   +5 more
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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, Maryam Esghaei, Mohammad Hadi Karbalaie Niya, Arezoo Marjani, Alireza Tabibzadeh, Mohammad Karimzadeh, Seyed Hamidreza Monavari   +6 more
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Zika Virus and Birth Defects--Reviewing the Evidence for Causality.

New England Journal of Medicine, 2016
Summary The Zika virus has spread rapidly in the Americas since its first identification in Brazil in early 2015. Prenatal Zika virus infection has been linked to adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes, most notably microcephaly and other serious brain ...
S. Rasmussen, D. Jamieson, M. Honein, L. Petersen   +3 more
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Recent African strains of Zika virus display higher transmissibility and fetal pathogenicity than Asian strains

Nature Communications, 2021
The global emergence of Zika virus (ZIKV) revealed the unprecedented ability for a mosquito-borne virus to cause congenital birth defects. A puzzling aspect of ZIKV emergence is that all human outbreaks and birth defects to date have been exclusively ...
F. Aubry, Sofie Jacobs, Maïlis Darmuzey, S. Lequime, Leen Delang, A. Fontaine, Natapong Jupatanakul, Elliott F. Miot, S. Dabo, Caroline Manet, X. Montagutelli, A. Baidaliuk, F. Gámbaro, E. Simon-Lorière, Maxime Gilsoul, C. Romero-Vivas, Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau, R. Jarman, C. Diagne, O. Faye, O. Faye, A. Sall, J. Neyts, L. Nguyen, Suzanne J. F. Kaptein, L. Lambrechts   +25 more
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Strong CD4 T Cell Responses to Zika Virus Antigens in a Cohort of Dengue Virus Immune Mothers of Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome Infants

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, Patricia Watber, Camilla Natália Oliveira Santos, Danielle Rodrigues Ribeiro, Juliana Cardoso Alves, Adriana B. L. Fonseca, Ana J. B. Bispo, Roseane L. S. Porto, Kalliopi Bokea, Amélia Maria Ribeiro de Jesus, Roque Pacheco de Almeida, Rosemary J. Boyton, Daniel M. Altmann   +12 more
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The Zika outbreak of the 21st century. [PDF]

, 2016
The Zika virus outbreak has captivated the attention of the global audience and information has spread rapidly and wildly through the internet and other media channels.
Ansari, Aftab, Chang, Christopher, Gershwin, M Eric, Ortiz, Kristina   +3 more
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Zika Virus Infection in Pregnant Women in Rio de Janeiro — Preliminary Report

Yearbook of Pediatrics, 2016
BackgroundZika virus (ZIKV) has been linked to central nervous system malformations in fetuses. To characterize the spectrum of ZIKV disease in pregnant women and infants, we followed patients in Rio de Janeiro to describe clinical manifestations in ...
A. Act, P. Brasil, J. Pereira, C. Gabaglia, L. Damasceno, M. Wakimoto, R. M. Nogueira, P. Sequeira, A. Siqueira, L. Carvalho, D. C. Cunha, G. Calvet, E. Neves, M. E. Moreira, A. Baião, P. Carvalho, C. Janzen, S. Valderramos, J. Cherry, A. M. Filippis, K. Nielsen‐Saines   +20 more
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The Neurobiology of Zika Virus [PDF]

Neuron, 2016
Zika virus (ZIVK) represents a new threat to global health, with particular relevance to neuroscientists, due to associated newborn and adult neurological disease. Consequences of vertical infection include microcephaly with brain and eye anomalies, and consequences of adult infection include Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and meningoencephalitis ...
Joseph G. Gleeson, Joseph G. Gleeson, Hongda Li, Hongda Li, Laura Saucedo-Cuevas, Laura Saucedo-Cuevas, Sujan Shresta   +6 more
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Zika virus infection [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2016
The symptoms of Zika virus infection may last up to one week and include a maculopapular rash, fever, joint and muscle pain, and conjunctivitis.[1][1],[2][2] Previous outbreaks in the Pacific Islands and the current outbreak have indicated a potential association with neurologic illnesses such ...
Derek R. MacFadden, Bogoch
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Recognize and Prevent the Transmission of Virus Zika [PDF]

, 2016
Zika virus is currently a highlight topic in the field of global health. Zika virus outbreaks in some countries including in Singapore have been making people worried and causing health official in any country to prevent Zika from becoming entrenched and
Hendrawati, A. (Asri)
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