Infections are a major threat to human reproductive health, and infections in pregnancy can
cause prematurity or stillbirth, or can be vertically transmitted to the fetus leading to …

Zika Virus and Its Associated Diseases Zika is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that can cause
congenital defects, including microcephaly. Although most Zika virus infections are …

Background The signs and symptoms of Zika virus infection are usually mild and self-limited.
However, the disease has been linked to neurological complications such as Guillain-Barré …

Importance The number of children who were born to mothers with Zika virus (ZIKV) infection
during pregnancy but who did not have apparent disability at birth is large, warranting the …

The recently emerged Zika virus (ZIKV) spread to the Americas, causing a spectrum of
congenital diseases including microcephaly in newborn and Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) …

Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) transmitted primarily by Aedes
mosquitoes. ZIKV can be transmitted to humans by non-vector borne mechanisms such as …

Zika virus (ZIKV) infection causes severe neurological symptoms in adults and fetal
microcephaly and the virus is detected in the brain of microcephaly and …

Objectives To estimate the rates of maternal-fetal transmission of Zika virus, adverse
fetal/neonatal outcomes, and subsequent rates of asymptomatic/symptomatic congenital …

Oxidative stress is induced once the balance of generation and neutralization of reactive
oxygen species (ROS) is broken in the cell, and it plays crucial roles in a variety of natural …

Interactions between the host and viruses during the course of their co-evolution have not
only shaped cellular function and the immune system, but also the counter measures …