Over the past several decades, messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines have progressed from a
scepticism-inducing idea to clinical reality. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic catalysed the …

Abstract mRNA vaccines have emerged as highly effective strategies in the prophylaxis and
treatment of diseases, thanks largely although not totally to their extraordinary performance …

The epidemic history of Zika virus began in 2007, with its emergence in Yap Island in the
western Pacific, followed in 2013–14 by a larger epidemic in French Polynesia, south …

Background The microcephaly epidemic, which started in Brazil in 2015, was declared a
Public Health Emergency of International Concern by WHO in 2016. We report the …

Background A Zika virus epidemic emerged in northeast Brazil in 2015 and was followed by
a striking increase in congenital microcephaly cases, triggering a declaration of an …

Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne positive-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae
(genus Flavivirus), is now causing an unprecedented large-scale outbreak in the Americas …

Abstract Background Prenatal exposure to Zika virus has potential teratogenic effects, with a
wide spectrum of clinical presentation referred to as congenital Zika syndrome. Data on …

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 is an emerging pathogen of substantial public health concern to human beings.
Although most infections are asymptomatic or present with benign, self-limited symptoms, a …

Abstract Purpose of Review The population of HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU) children is
expanding rapidly, and over one million HEU infants are born each year globally. Several …