[HTML][HTML] DNA forms of arboviral RNA genomes are generated following infection in mosquito cell cultures

DK Nag, M Brecher, LD Kramer - Virology, 2016 - Elsevier
Although infections of vertebrate hosts by arthropod-borne viruses may lead to pathogenic
outcomes, infections of vector mosquitoes result in persistent infections, where the virus …

The importance of human population characteristics in modeling Aedes aegypti distributions and assessing risk of mosquito-borne infectious diseases

JF Obenauer, T Andrew Joyner, JB Harris - Tropical medicine and health, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background The mosquito Aedes aegypti has long been a vector for human illness
in the Southeastern United States. In the past, it has been responsible for outbreaks of …

Flavivirus Zika NS4A protein forms large oligomers in liposomes and in mild detergent

W Surya, SS Honey, J Torres - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
In flaviviruses such as Dengue or Zika, non-structural (NS) NS4A protein forms homo-
oligomers, participates in membrane remodelling and is critical for virulence. In both viruses …

Research and development of Zika virus vaccines

BE Dawes, CA Smalley, BL Tiner, DWC Beasley… - npj Vaccines, 2016 - nature.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a member of the family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus, and is transmitted
by Aedes sp. mosquitoes. There are three genetic lineages of ZIKV: the East African, West …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrastructure of Zika virus particles in cell cultures

DF Barreto-Vieira, OM Barth, MAN Silva… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
Zika virus (ZIKV) has infected thousands of Brazilian people and spread to other American
countries since 2015. The introduction of ZIKV brought a strong impact to public health in …

Patchy DNA forms of the Zika virus RNA genome are generated following infection in mosquito cell cultures and in mosquitoes

DK Nag, LD Kramer - Journal of general virology, 2017 - microbiologyresearch.org
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus and has historically been reported to cause
mild symptomatic diseases during human infections. More recently, the explosion of …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus infects Aedes aegypti ovaries

DK Nag, AF Payne, C Dieme, AT Ciota, LD Kramer - Virology, 2021 - Elsevier
Pathogens are transmitted from one host to another either by vertical transmission (VT) or
horizontal transmission (HT). Mosquito-borne arboviruses (arthropod-borne viruses) …

Zika virus and pregnant women: a psychological approach

JF Filgueiras Meireles, CM Neves… - Psychology & …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Zika virus presents risk of physical harm to pregnant women, but the fear of infection is also
affecting women around the world. There is a gap in the research on Zika virus in the areas …

Supporting local health decision making with spatial video: Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika risks in a data poor, informal community in Nicaragua

A Curtis, M Quinn, J Obenauer, BM Renk - Applied Geography, 2017 - Elsevier
One challenge facing spatial scientists trying to support public health outreach and
intervention in challenging environments is the lack of fine scale spatial data. These data are …

Retention of duplicated long-wavelength opsins in mosquito lineages by positive selection and differential expression

GI Giraldo-Calderón, MJ Zanis, CA Hill - BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2017 - Springer
Background Opsins are light sensitive receptors associated with visual processes. Insects
typically possess opsins that are stimulated by ultraviolet, short and long wavelength (LW) …