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

LR Petersen, DJ Jamieson, AM Powers… - New England Journal …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
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Zika virus associated with microcephaly

J Mlakar, M Korva, N Tul, M Popović… - … England Journal of …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
A widespread epidemic of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection was reported in 2015 in South and
Central America and the Caribbean. A major concern associated with this infection is the …

Guillain-Barré Syndrome outbreak associated with Zika virus infection in French Polynesia: a case-control study

VM Cao-Lormeau, A Blake, S Mons, S Lastère… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Between October, 2013, and April, 2014, French Polynesia
experienced the largest Zika virus outbreak ever described at that time. During the same …

The Brazilian Zika virus strain causes birth defects in experimental models

FR Cugola, IR Fernandes, FB Russo, BC Freitas… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arbovirus belonging to the genus Flavivirus (family Flaviviridae) and
was first described in 1947 in Uganda following blood analyses of sentinel Rhesus …

Detection and sequencing of Zika virus from amniotic fluid of fetuses with microcephaly in Brazil: a case study

G Calvet, RS Aguiar, ASO Melo… - The Lancet infectious …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background The incidence of microcephaly in Brazil in 2015 was 20 times higher than in
previous years. Congenital microcephaly is associated with genetic factors and several …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging arboviruses: Why today?

E Gould, J Pettersson, S Higgs, R Charrel… - One health, 2017 - Elsevier
The recent global (re) emergence of arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses), such as
chikungunya and Zika virus, was widely reported in the media as though it was a new …

Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas

NR Faria, J Quick, IM Claro, J Theze, JG de Jesus… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Transmission of Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas was first confirmed in May 2015 in
northeast Brazil. Brazil has had the highest number of reported ZIKV cases worldwide (more …

Zika, chikungunya and dengue: the causes and threats of new and re-emerging arboviral diseases

ES Paixão, MG Teixeira, LC Rodrigues - BMJ global health, 2018 - gh.bmj.com
The recent emergence and re-emergence of viral infections transmitted by vectors—Zika,
chikungunya, dengue, Japanese encephalitis, West Nile, yellow fever and others—is a …

The 3.8 Å resolution cryo-EM structure of Zika virus

D Sirohi, Z Chen, L Sun, T Klose, TC Pierson… - Science, 2016 - science.org
The recent rapid spread of Zika virus and its unexpected linkage to birth defects and an
autoimmune neurological syndrome have generated worldwide concern. Zika virus is a …