Zika virus: history of a newly emerging arbovirus

N Wikan, DR Smith - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2016 - thelancet.com
Zika virus was originally identified in a sentinel rhesus monkey in the Zika Forest of Uganda
in 1947. The virus is a member of the family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus, and is transmitted …

Zika virus infection: A review

A Guillier, E Amazan, A Aoun, E Baubion… - … de Dermatologie et …, 2017 - europepmc.org
Zika Virus (ZIKV), originally identified in 1947, is a re-emerging Flavivirus transmitted mainly
through bites by Aedes mosquitos. Until the recent outbreaks in the Pacific islands and …

Zika virus: a new pandemic threat

AA Al-Qahtani, N Nazir, MR Al-Anazi, S Rubino… - The Journal of Infection …, 2016 - jidc.org
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging arbovirus of the Flaviviridae family and is related to dengue,
Chikungunya, West Nile, yellow fever, and Japanese encephalitis viruses. ZIKV was first …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus: an emerging health threat

F Collins - Blog del editor de NIH. Acceso el, 2016 - dovemed.com
For decades, the mosquito-transmitted Zika virus was mainly seen in equatorial regions of
Africa and Asia, where it caused a mild, flu-like illness and rash in some people. About 10 …

Yeni bir global viral etken: Zika virus

G Ece, FG Aslan, M Altındiş - Sakarya Tıp Dergisi, 2016 - dergipark.org.tr
Zika fever is a mosquito-borne illness caused by a flavivirus. Clinical pictures range from
asymptomatic cases to an influenza-like syndrome associated to fever, headache, malaise …

Zika virus: is Pakistan next?

B Wahid, A Ali, S Rafique, M Idrees - Asian Pacific journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) crisis, which caught Brazil in 2015, heralded the rapid spread throughout
Americas and has imparted catastrophic devastation to human population in the form of …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus diseases–the new face of an ancient enemy as global public health emergency (2016): brief review and recent updates

D Passi, S Sharma, SR Dutta… - International Journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Zika virus (ZIKV) disease is caused by a virus transmitted by Aedes mosquito. It presents as
flu-like symptoms lasting for 5–7 days and shows potential association with neurological and …

[PDF][PDF] Zika: the new arbovirus threat for Latin America

AJ Rodríguez-Morales - The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2015 - jidc.org
Zika is an arbovirus from the Flaviviridae family (genus flavivirus) that carries the name of a
forest close to Kampala, Uganda, where in 1947 it was identified in rhesus monkeys …

Zika virus outbreak in Brazil

J Heukelbach, CH Alencar, AA Kelvin… - The Journal of Infection …, 2016 - jidc.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus outbreaks in Asia and South America

C Brown - 2016 - Can Med Assoc
An emerging mosquito-borne virus with outbreaks in Southeast Asia and South America is
raising concern because of a spike in microcephaly in newborns in affected areas. Zika virus …