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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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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, Cimerman, Sergio, Luz, Kleber Giovanni, Chebabo, Alberto, Brigido, Helena Andrade, Lobo, Iza Maria, Timerman, Artur, Angerami, Rodrigo Nogueira, Cunha, Clovis Arns, Bacha, Helio Arthur, Alves, Jesse Reis, Barbosa, Alexandre Naime, Teixeira, Ralcyon Francis, Weissmann, Leonardo, Oliveira, Priscila Rosalba, Cyrillo, Marco Antonio, Bandeira, Antonio Carlos   +16 more
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Zika Virus Infection during Pregnancy and Effects on Early Childhood Development, French Polynesia, 2013–2016

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, Timothée Dub, Marianne Besnard, Teheipuaura Mariteragi-Helle, Tuxuan Nhan, Delphine Lutringer-Magnin, Philippe Barboza, Céline Gurry, Pauline Brindel, Eric J. Nilles, David Baud, Angela Merianos, Didier Musso, Judith R. Glynn, Gilles Dupuis, Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau, Marine Giard, Henri-Pierre Mallet   +17 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, Marc, Fischer, Lyle R, Petersen   +2 more
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A new reportable disease is born: Taiwan Centers for Disease Control's response to emerging Zika virus infection

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2016
Zika virus infection, usually a mild disease transmitted through the bite of Aedes mosquitos, has been reported to be possibly associated with microcephaly and neurologic complications.
Angela Song-En Huang, Pei-Yun Shu, Chin-Hui Yang   +2 more
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Whole-Blood Testing for Diagnosis of Acute Zika Virus Infections in Routine Diagnostic Setting

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
We evaluated the benefit of whole blood versus plasma to detect acute Zika virus infections. Comparison of Zika virus quantitative reverse transcription PCR results in single timepoint whole blood–plasma pairs from 227 patients with suspected Zika virus ...
Jolanda J.C. Voermans, Suzan D. Pas,, Anne van der Linden, Corine GeurtsvanKessel, Marion Koopmans, Annemiek van der Eijk, Chantal B.E.M. Reusken   +6 more
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A neonatal nonhuman primate model of gestational Zika virus infection with evidence of microencephaly, seizures and cardiomyopathy.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Zika virus infection during pregnancy is associated with miscarriage and with a broad spectrum of fetal and neonatal developmental abnormalities collectively known as congenital Zika syndrome (CZS). Symptomology of CZS includes malformations of the brain
Rosemary J Steinbach, Nicole N Haese, Jessica L Smith, Lois M A Colgin, Rhonda P MacAllister, Justin M Greene, Christopher J Parkins, J Beth Kempton, Edward Porsov, Xiaojie Wang, Lauren M Renner, Trevor J McGill, Brandy L Dozier, Craig N Kreklywich, Takeshi F Andoh, Marjorie R Grafe, Heidi L Pecoraro, Travis Hodge, Robert M Friedman, Lisa A Houser, Terry K Morgan, Peter Stenzel, Jonathan R Lindner, Robert L Schelonka, Jonah B Sacha, Victoria H J Roberts, Martha Neuringer, John V Brigande, Christopher D Kroenke, Antonio E Frias, Anne D Lewis, Meredith A Kelleher, Alec J Hirsch, Daniel Neal Streblow   +33 more
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Zika virus infection: an update

Microbes and Infection, 2019
Since the ZIKV outbreak in Brazil in 2015, the scientific community has joined efforts to gather more information on the epidemiology, clinical features and pathogenicity of the virus. Here, we summarize the most important advances made recently and discuss promising, innovative approaches to understand and control ZIKV infection.
Ferraris, Pauline, Yssel, Hans, Missé, Dorothée   +2 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, Han Ha Youn, Jasmine Tyson, Carlos Brites, Jih-Jin Tsai, Celia Pedroso, Jan Felix Drexler, Angel Balmaseda, Eva Harris, Wei-Kung Wang   +9 more
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Clinical relevance of Zika symptoms in the context of a Zika Dengue epidemic

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2020
Background: The clinical characteristics of the most frequent arbovirosis (Dengue, Zika, Chikungunya) are very similar, which is a diagnostic challenge for clinicians.
Humberto Guanche Garcell, Francisco Gutiérrez García, Manuel Ramirez Nodal, Alfredo Ruiz Lozano, Carlos R. Pérez Díaz, Anaika González Valdés, Luis Gonzalez Alvarez   +6 more
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