Zika virus

D Musso, DJ Gubler - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) in the genus Flavivirus and the
family Flaviviridae. ZIKV was first isolated from a nonhuman primate in 1947 and from …

Zika virus: new clinical syndromes and its emergence in the western hemisphere

HM Lazear, MS Diamond - Journal of virology, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Zika virus (ZIKV) had remained a relatively obscure flavivirus until a recent series of
outbreaks accompanied by unexpectedly severe clinical complications brought this virus …

Zika virus evolution and spread in the Americas

HC Metsky, CB Matranga, S Wohl, SF Schaffner… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Although the recent Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic in the Americas and its link to birth defects
have attracted a great deal of attention,, much remains unknown about ZIKV disease …

Initial description of the presumed congenital Zika syndrome

DB Miranda-Filho, CMT Martelli… - … journal of public …, 2016 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. To provide an initial description of the congenital syndrome presumably
associated with infection by Zika virus compared with other syndromes including congenital …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus infection and stillbirths: a case of hydrops fetalis, hydranencephaly and fetal demise

M Sarno, GA Sacramento, R Khouri… - PLoS neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background The rapid spread of Zika virus in the Americas and current outbreak of
microcephaly in Brazil has raised attention to the possible deleterious effects that the virus …

Ophthalmological findings in infants with microcephaly and presumable intra-uterus Zika virus infection

CV Ventura, M Maia, BV Ventura… - Arquivos brasileiros de …, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
Introdução: No ano de 2015, foi identificado no Brasil um aumento da prevalência de
microcefalia em vinte vezes. Esta malformação foi associada pelo Ministério da Saúde à …

Zika fever and congenital Zika syndrome: an unexpected emerging arboviral disease

JFW Chan, GKY Choi, CCY Yip, VCC Cheng… - Journal of Infection, 2016 - Elsevier
Unlike its mosquito-borne relatives, such as dengue, West Nile, and Japanese encephalitis
viruses, which can cause severe human diseases, Zika virus (ZIKV) has emerged from …

The Zika outbreak of the 21st century

C Chang, K Ortiz, A Ansari, ME Gershwin - Journal of autoimmunity, 2016 - Elsevier
The Zika virus outbreak has captivated the attention of the global audience and information
has spread rapidly and wildly through the internet and other media channels. This virus was …

The emergence of Zika virus as a global health security threat: a review and a consensus statement of the INDUSEM Joint Working Group (JWG)

V Sikka, VK Chattu, RK Popli… - Journal of global …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
The Zika virus (ZIKV), first discovered in 1947, has emerged as a global public health threat
over the last decade, with the accelerated geographic spread of the virus noted during the …

Zika virus: diagnostics for an emerging pandemic threat

JJ Waggoner, BA Pinsky - Journal of clinical microbiology, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an Aedes mosquito-borne flavivirus that emerged in Brazil in 2015 and
then rapidly spread throughout the tropical and subtropical Americas. Based on clinical …