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
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Mechanisms of Infection in Zika Virus
Pathogens, 2023 Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that was first identified in Uganda in 1947, then was essentially neglected for six decades [...]
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Impact of flavivirus vaccine-induced immunity on primary Zika virus antibody response in humans.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 BackgroundZika virus has recently spread to South- and Central America, causing congenital birth defects and neurological complications. Many people at risk are flavivirus pre-immune due to prior infections with other flaviviruses (e.g.
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The long-term neurological consequences of congenital Zika Syndrome to Zika-Infected maternal during pregnancy - A narrative review [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2023 Background. Congenital Zika Syndrome presents a significant public health concern, particularly due to its association with severe neurological complications in infants born to maternal infected with the Zika virus during pregnancy. This article offers a
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Seroprevalence of Zika virus in wild African green monkeys and baboons [PDF]
, 2017 Zika virus (ZIKV) has recently spread through the Americas and has been associated with a range of health effects, including birth defects in children born to women infected during pregnancy. Although the natural reservoir of ZIKV remains poorly defined,
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Prenatal Ultrasound Findings of Pregnancy Associated with Zika Virus Infection
Journal of Medical Ultrasound, 2016 The outbreak of Zika virus followed by an increase in cases of fetal microcephaly in Brazil in 2015 has raised the concern of the association of Zika virus infection with fetal microcephaly and other central nervous system (CNS) malformations.
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Health Services Insights, 2020 Background: Zika fever is a mosquito-borne disease with global health concern. It has been underreported or misdiagnosed due to its unspecific clinical manifestations, including mild-influenza like and subclinical symptoms.
Kah Yee Lim, Hong-Wai Tham
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ZIKV infection activates the IRE1-XBP1 and ATF6 pathways of unfolded protein response in neural cells. [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND: Many viruses depend on the extensive membranous network of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) for their translation, replication, and packaging. Certain membrane modifications of the ER can be a trigger for ER stress, as well as the accumulation ...
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Inner retinal vasculopathy in Zika virus disease
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2018 Purpose: Zika virus infection is associated with vision-threatening ocular complications including uveitis and outer retinopathy. The aim of this report is to describe a case of an adult patient with serologically confirmed Zika infection who presented ...
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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.
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