Structural biology of the Zika virus

Y Shi, GF Gao - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2017 - cell.com
Zika virus (ZIKV), a Flaviviridae family member transmitted to humans by mosquitoes, has
emerged as a major health concern. ZIKV infections can cause serious neurological …

Dengue, Zika and chikungunya during pregnancy: pre-and post-travel advice and clinical management

M Vouga, YC Chiu, L Pomar, SV de Meyer… - Journal of travel …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Rationale for review Young adults of childbearing age and pregnant women are travelling
more frequently to tropical areas, exposing them to specific arboviral infections such as …

High Zika virus seroprevalence in Salvador, northeastern Brazil limits the potential for further outbreaks

EM Netto, A Moreira-Soto, C Pedroso, C Höser, S Funk… - MBio, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
During 2015 to 2016, Brazil reported more Zika virus (ZIKV) cases than any other country,
yet population exposure remains unknown. Serological studies of ZIKV are hampered by …

Antibody-based assay discriminates Zika virus infection from other flaviviruses

A Balmaseda, K Stettler… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that emerged recently as a global health
threat, causing a pandemic in the Americas. ZIKV infection mostly causes mild disease, but …

Diagnosis of Zika virus infection on a nanotechnology platform

B Zhang, BA Pinsky, JS Ananta, S Zhao, S Arulkumar… - Nature medicine, 2017 - nature.com
We developed a multiplexed assay on a plasmonic-gold platform for measuring IgG and IgA
antibodies and IgG avidity against both Zika virus (ZIKV) and dengue virus (DENV) …

Virus and antibody dynamics in travelers with acute Zika virus infection

L Barzon, E Percivalle, M Pacenti… - Clinical Infectious …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background To improve our understanding of the natural history of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection
in humans, we described the dynamics of ZIKV RNA shedding in different body fluids and …

Zika in the Americas, year 2: What have we learned? What gaps remain? A report from the Global Virus Network

MT Aliota, L Bassit, SS Bradrick, B Cox… - Antiviral research, 2017 - Elsevier
In response to the outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in the Western Hemisphere and the
recognition of a causal association with fetal malformations, the Global Virus Network (GVN) …

The spectrum of neurological disease associated with Zika and chikungunya viruses in adults in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A case series

R Mehta, CN Soares… - PLoS neglected …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background During 2015–16 Brazil experienced the largest epidemic of Zika virus ever
reported. This arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) has been linked to Guillain-Barré syndrome …

The role of NS1 protein in the diagnosis of flavivirus infections

R Fisher, Y Lustig, EH Sklan, E Schwartz - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) is a glycoprotein among the flavivirus genus. It is found in both
membrane-associated and soluble secreted forms, has an essential role in viral replication …

Evaluation of Euroimmun anti-Zika virus IgM and IgG enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for Zika virus serologic testing

AG L'Huillier, A Hamid-Allie, E Kristjanson… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
With the emerging Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic, serologic diagnosis relies on a labor-intensive
IgM antibody capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (MAC-ELISA) and confirmation …