Congenital Zika virus infection: a review with emphasis on the spectrum of brain abnormalities

L Vhp, MM Aragão, RS Pinho, AN Hazin… - Current Neurology and …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review In 2016, the World Health Organization declared the Zika virus
(ZIKV) outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern following a cluster of …

Neurodevelopment in normocephalic children exposed to Zika virus in utero with no observable defects at birth: A systematic review with meta-analysis

E Marban-Castro, LJ Vazquez Guillamet… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) infection during pregnancy is a cause of pregnancy loss and multiple
clinical and neurological anomalies in children. This systematic review aimed to assess the …

Th17 Cells in Viral Infections—Friend or Foe?

IA Paiva, J Badolato-Correa, D Familiar-Macedo… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Th17 cells are recognized as indispensable in inducing protective immunity against bacteria
and fungi, as they promote the integrity of mucosal epithelial barriers. It is believed that Th17 …

The African strain of Zika virus causes more severe in utero infection than Asian strain in a porcine fetal transmission model

D Udenze, I Trus, N Berube, V Gerdts… - Emerging microbes & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Studies in mice showed that African Zika virus (ZIKV) strains cause more damage in
embryos. These studies, however, were limited to the mouse-adapted African MR766 strain …

[HTML][HTML] Early childhood neurodevelopmental outcomes in children with prenatal Zika virus exposure: a cohort study in Puerto Rico

LI Alvarado-Domenech, V Rivera-Amill… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective To describe anthropometric, sensory, and neurodevelopmental outcomes of
children who were Zika virus–exposed from birth to 36 months. Study design The study …

[HTML][HTML] A review of hearing loss associated with Zika, Ebola, and Lassa fever

SC Ficenec, JS Schieffelin… - The American Journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The neglected tropical diseases Zika, Ebola, and Lassa fever (LF) have all been noted to
cause some degree of hearing loss (HL). Hearing loss is a chronic disability that can lead to …

The neurodevelopmental spectrum of congenital Zika infection: a scoping review

A Carvalho, HF Sales, P Ventura… - … Medicine & Child …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To describe the standardized neurodevelopmental outcomes after the first year of life in
children with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) and those exposed to Zika virus (ZIKV) during …

Neonatal development in prenatally Zika virus-exposed infant macaques with dengue immunity

K Ausderau, S Kabakov, E Razo, AM Mitzey, KM Bach… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Infants exposed to Zika virus (ZIKV) prenatally may develop birth defects, developmental
deficits, or remain asymptomatic. It is unclear why some infants are more affected than …

Serum Proteomics Reveals Alterations in Protease Activity, Axon Guidance, and Visual Phototransduction Pathways in Infants With In Utero Exposure to Zika Virus …

J Macedo-da-Silva, L Rosa-Fernandes… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In 2015, ZIKV infection attracted international attention during an epidemic in the Americas,
when neurological disorders were reported in infants who had their mothers exposed to …

Zika virus pathogenesis: from early case reports to epidemics

RD Pardy, MJ Richer - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
For the first 60 years following its isolation, Zika virus (ZIKV) remained a relatively poorly
described member of the Flaviviridae family. However, since 2007, it has caused a series of …