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Plasmonic metamaterial based virus detection system: a review [PDF]

Sensing and Biosensing Research 33 (2021), 2020
Our atmosphere is constantly changing and new pathogens are erupting now and then and the existing pathogens are mutating continuously. Some of these pathogens, such as SARS-CoV-2, become so deadly that they put the whole technological advancement of healthcare under challenge. Within this very decade several other deadly virus outbreaks were witnessed
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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, Julien Thézé, Silvia I. Sardi, Sneha Somasekar, Alexander L. Greninger, Antonio C. Bandeira, Gubio S. Campos, Laura B. Tauro, Ester C. Sabino, Oliver G. Pybus, Charles Y. Chiu   +10 more
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Nonlinear Dynamic analysis of vector-host model for Zika infection with predatory fish Gambusia Affinis [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
In the present paper, we study the dynamics of a nine compartmental vector-host model for Zika virus infection where the predatory fish Gambusia Affinis is introduced into the system to control the zika infection by preying on the vector. The system has six practically feasible equilibrium points where four of them are disease-free, and the rest are ...
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Characteristics of Reported Symptoms Among Confirmed and Suspect Cases of Zika Virus in Georgia, 2016

Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 2017
Background: In May 2015, Zika virus was detected in Brazil. The virus has since spread through several countries in the Americas. Knowledge of the major symptoms of Zika virus infection was based on historic data from two previous outbreaks in the ...
Ashton Thompson
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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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The unequal impact of Covid‐19 on the lives and rights of the children of modern slavery survivors, children in exploitation and children at risk of entering exploitation

Children &Society, Volume 37, Issue 1, Page 216-234, January 2023., 2023
Abstract This article discusses the unequal impact of Covid‐19 on the lives of the children of survivors of modern slavery, child victims of exploitation and children at risk of exploitation in the UK. It draws on research that has analysed the risks and impacts of Covid‐19 on victims and survivors of modern slavery.
Erika Jiménez, Vicky Brotherton, Alison Gardner, Nicola Wright, Hannah Browne, Nancy Esiovwa, Minh Dang, Emily Wyman, Liana Bravo‐Balsa, Benjamin Lucas, Mohsen Gul, Elizabeth Such, Zoe Trodd   +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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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. Methods: This research was an analytic study with
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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Zika virus: An overview

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2016
The Zika virus has been in the news for quite some time due to the ongoing recent outbreak in the Southern America, which started in December 2015. It has been declared a public health emergency by the World Health Organization in February 2016 owing to its association with the congenital deformities, particularly microcephaly in infants borne to the ...
Raj Kumar, Sankalp Yadav, Gautam Rawal
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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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