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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, Isaac I, Bogoch
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Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2017 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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Pathogenesis of Zika Virus Infection
Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease, 2023 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.
Giraldo, Maria I. +2 more
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Médecine et Santé Tropicales, 2016 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.
de Laval, Franck +5 more
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Epidemiology of Zika Virus Infection [PDF]
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017 Long known to be endemic in Africa and Southeast Asia and a rare cause of acute febrile illness, Zika virus (ZIKAV) arose from obscurity when an Asian genotype ZIKAV caused an outbreak of mild febrile illness in 2007 in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia.
Susan L, Hills +2 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 +10 more
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Interferon lambda protects the female reproductive tract against Zika virus infection [PDF]
, 2019 Zika virus infections can cause devastating congenital birth defects but the underlying interactions with the host immune system are not well understood.
Arora, Nitin +7 more
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 Congenital Zika virus syndrome consists of a large spectrum of neurologic abnormalities seen in infants infected with Zika virus in utero. However, little is known about the effects of Zika virus intrauterine infection on the neurocognitive development ...
Lorenzo Subissi +17 more
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Autoimmune neurological conditions associated with Zika virus infection [PDF]
, 2018 Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging flavivirus rapidly spreading throughout the tropical Americas. mosquitoes is the principal way of transmission of the virus to humans. ZIKV can be spread by transplacental, perinatal, and body fluids.
Acosta-Ampudia, Yeny +8 more
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Management of infection by the Zika virus [PDF]
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2016 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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