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Zika virus infection in pregnancy
Zika virus is a mosquito-borne virus. It is transmitted to humans by infected Aedes spp. mosquitoes. Non-vector-borne transmission routes of Zika virus include blood transfusion-related transmission, sexual transmission ...
Vorapong Phupong
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Pathogenesis of Zika Virus Infection
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging virus from the Flaviviridae family that is transmitted to humans by mosquito vectors and represents an important health problem. Infections in pregnant women are of major concern because of potential devastating consequences during pregnancy and have been associated with microcephaly in newborns.
Maria González-Orozco +2 more
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A 21-year old woman from New-Caledonia had 40 ̊C fever with vomiting, arthralgia, myalgia, and measles-like rash. Etiological analyses showed primary infection with Zika virus. Because of severe clinical presentation, she was hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the Brest military Hospital. Zika virus is mainly transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. If
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Zika fever is a subfebrile illness caused by Zika virus, which mainly spreads through the bite of infected mosquitoes. Zika virus is a member of the family Flaviviridae,,which includes dengue viruses, West Nile, and yellow fever viruses. Clinical manifestations of Zika virus in- fection include acute onset of low-grade fever with maculopapular pruritic
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In less than 2 years since entry into the Americas, we have witnessed the emergent spread of Zika virus into large subsets of immunologically naïve human populations and then encountered the devastating effects of microcephaly and brain anomalies that can arise from in utero infection with the virus.
Debbie-Ann T, Shirley, James P, Nataro
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Maternal Zika Virus Infection in the First Trimester and Fetal Stigmata in the Third Trimester
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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Nonhuman Primate Models of Zika Virus Infection and Disease during Pregnancy
Since the explosive outbreak of Zika virus in Brazil and South/Central America in 2015–2016, the frequency of infections has subsided, but Zika virus remains present in this region as well as other tropical and sub-tropical areas of the globe.
Nicole N. Haese +5 more
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Management of infection by the Zika virus [PDF]
A panel of national experts was convened by the Brazilian Infectious Diseases Society in order to organize the national recommendations for the management of zika virus infection. The focus of this document is the diagnosis, both clinical and laboratorial, and appropriate treatment of the diverse manifestations of this infection, ranging from acute ...
Falcao, Melissa Barreto +16 more
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Lack of Durable Cross-Neutralizing Antibodies Against Zika Virus from Dengue Virus Infection
Cross-reactive antibodies elicited by dengue virus (DENV) infection might affect Zika virus infection and confound serologic tests. Recent data demonstrate neutralization of Zika virus by monoclonal antibodies or human serum collected early after DENV ...
Matthew H. Collins +7 more
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Since its discovery in 1947 in Uganda, the Zika virus (ZIKV) remained in the shadows emerging in 2007 in Micronesia, where hundreds of dengue-like syndromes were reported. Then, in 2013-2014, it was rife in French Polynesia, where the first neurological effects were observed.
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