… human infection rates will depend on mosquito population sizes, mosquito infection rates and
mosquito transmission rates of the virus to humans… humans; mosquitoes acquire Zika virus …

… can infect and efficiently replicate in the placenta and in the brain, and induce fetal demise
or neural damage, recapitulating human diseases. These animal models have been used to …

… A number of factors can contribute to underestimation of the disease burden of Zika fever.
Virologic confirmation by isolation of ZIKV or its RNA from humans, vectors, or hosts is limited …

… led the virus to adapt to the human (as opposed to non-human primate) host.Until recently,
Zika virus was … lineage is associated with NS1 codon usage adaptation in humans. bioRxiv …

… regions, and these diseases remain uncontrolled [4]. Similarly, Zika virus (ZIKV) disease has
rapidly increased and is closely associated with other arthropod-borne diseases of poverty, …

… The first characterization of human disease following ZIKV … distribution of Zika virus based
on serosurveys, virus detection, and … of the Zika forest where the virus was discovered in 1947. …

… viruses. Thus, silent transmission in the absence of severe disease and large outbreaks
allowed Zika virus … Africa and Asia, with fewer than 20 human infections confirmed in 60 years. …

… 8 after disease onset were negative in a Zika virus PCR test. Serological analysis revealed
IgG antibodies against Dengue 1–4 antigens and IgM antibodies against Zika virus antigen. …

… The disease is named Zika virus disease (ZVD) instead of Zika … the Zika virus is the third
recent global infectious disease outbreak, following closely behind H1N1 flu and the Ebola virus, …

… but their ability to transmit the virus to humans seems nonexistent [38,39]. Other Aedes species
with limited geographic distributions can also transmit Zika, for instance Aedes hensilli on …