The spread of the emerging zoonotic arboviral agent, Zika virus (ZIKV), in the Americas and
its association with congenital abnormalities, 1, 2 including in utero growth restriction …

Congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) was identified following a large Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak
in Brazil in 2015. Two children with clinical presentations consistent with CZS, ages 7 and 8 …

Surveillance for Zika virus was enhanced in the English-and Dutch-speaking Caribbean
following emergence of the virus in Brazil in May 2015. The first autochthonous case of Zika …

Zika virus has recently emerged as a new public health threat. An arthropod-borne virus
named after the Zika forest in Uganda, it was first discovered in 1947. The virus caused only …

Zika virus has been implicated in several cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). This
includes an outbreak in French Polynesia from 2013 to 2014, during which an increase in …

(COVID-19) is a sobering reminder that our society is always under a threat of new infectious
agents and diseases. 1 One of the more recent epidemics that had particular relevance to …

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a flavivirus (Flaviviridae family) transmitted mainly by Aedes mosquitoes.
The virus was restricted to the African continent until its spread to south-east Asia in the …

Concerns about the threat posed to global health security by Zika virus are escalating, with
new outbreaks reported in Central and South America. Locally transmitted (autochthonous) …

From its discovery in Uganda in 1947, Zika virus (ZIKV) was considered a relatively
innocuous viral pathogen with sporadic and infrequent occurrence of human infection. It was …

Zika virus (ZIKV) infection is spreading rapidly within the Americas after originating from an
outbreak in Brazil. We describe the current ZIKV infection epidemic in Brazil and the …