Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2018 Background: As the number of patients with Zika virus infection increases worldwide, nursing students who conduct clinical practice in hospitals tend to at risk of Zika virus infection.
Jeong Sil Choi, Kyung M. Kim
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Transmission of Zika virus by dendritic cell subsets in skin and vaginal mucosa
Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 Zika virus is a member of the Flaviviridae family that has caused recent outbreaks associated with neurological malformations. Transmission of Zika virus occurs primarily via mosquito bite but also via sexual contact. Dendritic cells (DCs) and Langerhans
Julia Eder +8 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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Use of Urea Wash ELISA to Distinguish Zika and Dengue Virus Infections
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 Serologic testing remains crucial for Zika virus diagnosis. We found that urea wash in a Zika virus nonstructural protein 1 IgG ELISA distinguishes secondary dengue virus infection from Zika virus infection with previous dengue (sensitivity 87.5 ...
Wen-Yang Tsai +9 more
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Persistent Zika Virus Detection in Semen in a Traveler Returning to the United Kingdom from Brazil, 2016. [PDF]
, 2017 Zika virus is normally transmitted by mosquitos, but cases of sexual transmission have been reported. We describe a patient with symptomatic Zika virus infection in whom the virus was detected in semen for 92 days.
Checkley, Anna M +3 more
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Experimental Zika Virus Infection in the Pregnant Common Marmoset Induces Spontaneous Fetal Loss and Neurodevelopmental Abnormalities. [PDF]
, 2018 During its most recent outbreak across the Americas, Zika virus (ZIKV) was surprisingly shown to cause fetal loss and congenital malformations in acutely and chronically infected pregnant women.
Aagaard, Kjersti M +17 more
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Distinct Zika Virus Lineage in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016 Sequencing of isolates from patients in Bahia, Brazil, where most Zika virus cases in Brazil have been reported, resulted in 11 whole and partial Zika virus genomes. Phylogenetic analyses revealed a well-supported Bahia-specific Zika virus lineage, which
Samia N. Naccache +10 more
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Differential effects of lipid biosynthesis inhibitors on Zika and Semliki Forest viruses [PDF]
, 2017 The recent outbreak of infection with Zika virus (ZIKV; Flaviviridae) has attracted attention to this previously neglected mosquito-borne pathogen and the need for efficient therapies.
Donald, Claire L. +4 more
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Maternal Zika Virus Infection in the First Trimester and Fetal Stigmata in the Third Trimester
Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, 2023 Zika is a flavivirus that is transmitted primarily by the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito. It can also be transmitted by blood transfusion, sexual contact, and from an infected mother to the unborn baby.
Divya Singh, Ladbans Kaur
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Zika virus preferentially replicates in the female reproductive tract after vaginal inoculation of rhesus macaques. [PDF]
, 2017 Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted virus that can cause severe defects in an infected fetus. ZIKV is also transmitted by sexual contact, although the relative importance of sexual transmission is unclear.
Busch, Michael +11 more
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