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KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES OF MIDWIVES REGARDING ZIKA VIRUS IN KENDARI, SOUTHEAST SULAWESI, INDONESIA

Public Health of Indonesia, 2020
Background: In 2016 Zika virus infection became an international public health emergency concern. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge and practice of midwives regarding the Zika virus.
Ramadhan Tosepu, Indri Eka Artamevia Khaerun Nisa Patawari, Hariati Lestari, Siti Rabbani Karimuna, La Ode Muhamad Sety, Fifi Nirmala   +5 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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Travel-Associated Zika Virus Disease Acquired in the Americas Through February 2016 [PDF]

, 2016
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, Barbre, Kira A., Caumes, Eric, Chen, Lin H., et al., Genderen, Perry J.Jl van, Goorhulis, Abraham, Grobusch, Martin P., Hagmann, Stefan H., Hamer, Davidson, Kozarsky, Phyllis E., Molina, Israel, Schlagenhauf, Patricia   +12 more
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Zika Virus Infection, Basic and Clinical Aspects: A Review Article

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2019
Background: Zika virus infection has recently attracted the attention of medical community. While clinical manifestations of the infection in adult cases are not severe and disease is not associated with high mortality rates, Zika virus infection can ...
Farshid NOORBAKHSH, Kamal ABDOLMOHAMMADI, Yousef FATAHI, Hossein DALILI, Mehrnaz RASOOLINEJAD, Farshid REZAEI, Mostafa SALEHI-VAZIRI, Nazanin Zahra SHAFIEI-JANDAGHI, Ehsan Shamsi GOOSHKI, Morteza ZAIM, Mohammad Hossein NICKNAM   +10 more
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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, Carroll, Timothy, Dutra, Joseph, Fritts, Linda, Lanteri, Marion, Lo, Ming, Ma, Zhong-Min, Miller, Christopher J, O'Connor, Shelby, Rourke, Tracy, Silveira, Paola, Zarbock, Katie   +11 more
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In vivo imaging of Zika virus reveals dynamics of viral invasion in immune-sheltered tissues and vertical propagation during pregnancy [PDF]

, 2020
Rationale: Zika virus (ZIKV) is a pathogenic virus known to cause a wide range of congenital abnormalities, including microcephaly, Guillain-Barre syndrome, meningoencephalitis, and other neurological complications, in humans. This study investigated the
Hu, Q, Ke, X, Li, P, Liu, Y, Luo, D, Miao, Y, Sun, J, Tan, Z, Wang, H, Wang, T, Xu, F, Zhang, Y, Zheng, Z   +12 more
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Zika Virus RNA Replication and Persistence in Brain and Placental Tissue

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
Zika virus is causally linked with congenital microcephaly and may be associated with pregnancy loss. However, the mechanisms of Zika virus intrauterine transmission and replication and its tropism and persistence in tissues are poorly understood.
Julu Bhatnagar, Demi B. Rabeneck, Roosecelis B. Martines, Sarah Reagan-Steiner, Yokabed Ermias, Lindsey B.C. Estetter, Tadaki Suzuki, Jana M. Ritter, M. Kelly Keating, Gillian Hale, Joy Gary, Atis Muehlenbachs, Amy J. Lambert, Robert Lanciotti, Titilope Oduyebo, Dana Meaney-Delman, Fernando Bolaños, Edgar Alberto Parra Saad, Wun-Ju Shieh, Sherif Zaki   +19 more
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Zika virus and the never-ending story of emerging pathogens and transfusion medicine [PDF]

, 2016
In the last few years, the transfusion medicine community has been paying special attention to emerging vector-borne diseases transmitted by arboviruses.
Grazzini, Giuliano, Liumbruno, Giancarlo M, Marano, Giuseppe, Pupella, Simonetta, VAGLIO, Stefania   +4 more
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Detailed Analyses of Zika Virus Tropism in Culex quinquefasciatus Reveal Systemic Refractoriness

mBio, 2020
The role of Culex quinquefasciatus in Zika virus transmission has been debated since the epidemic of Zika occurred in the Americas in 2015 to 2016. The majority of studies have found no evidence that C.
Hannah J. MacLeod, George Dimopoulos
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Blocking Zika virus vertical transmission. [PDF]

, 2018
The outbreak of the Zika virus (ZIKV) has been associated with increased incidence of congenital malformations. Although recent efforts have focused on vaccine development, treatments for infected individuals are needed urgently. Sofosbuvir (SOF), an FDA-
Beltrão-Braga, Patricia CB, Corbett, Kevin D, Cugola, Fernanda R, Fernandes, Isabella R, Herai, Roberto H, Huang, Chun-Teng, Kolar, Matthew J, Macia, Angela, Mesci, Pinar, Momper, Jeremiah D, Montefusco, Sandro, Moore, Spencer M, Muotri, Alysson R, Pinto, Antonella, Rosenberg, Scott C, Russo, Fabiele B, Saghatelian, Alan, Sheets, Nicholas, Shiryaev, Sergey A, Shresta, Sujan, Siqueira-Neto, Jair L, Suarez, Nicole A, Tejwani, Leon, Terskikh, Alexey V   +23 more
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