Background Health authorities in the United States and Europe reported an increasing
number of travel-associated episodes of sexual transmission of Zika virus (ZIKV) following …

Infectious diseases commonly occur in contaminated water, food, and bodily fluids and
spread rapidly, resulting in death of humans and animals worldwide. Among infectious …

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a potential threat to male reproductive health but the mechanisms
underlying its influence on testes during ZIKV infection remain obscure. To address this …

Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging pathogen that causes devastating congenital defects. The
overlapping epidemiology and immunologic cross-reactivity between ZIKV and dengue virus …

Abstract Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is currently the most frequent cause of acute flaccid
paralysis on a global scale, being an autoimmune disorder wherein demyelination of the …

This study aimed to analyze the detection and duration of the Zika virus (ZIKV) in plasma,
urine, saliva, sweat, rectal swabs, vaginal secretions, breast milk, and semen and to explore …

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne neurotropic flavivirus. ZIKV infection may lead to
microcephaly in developing fetus and Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) like symptoms in …

We generated 238 Zika virus (ZIKV) genomes from 135 persons in Brazil who had samples
collected over 1 year to evaluate virus persistence. Phylogenetic inference clustered the …

Vaccines and antivirals to combat dengue, Zika, and other flavivirus pathogens present a
major, unmet medical need. Vaccine development has been severely challenged by the …

We followed the presence of Zika virus (ZIKV) in four healthy adults (two men and two
women), for periods ranging from 78 to 298 days post symptom onset. The patients were …