Guillain-Barré syndrome: causes, immunopathogenic mechanisms and treatment

AK Jasti, C Selmi, JC Sarmiento-Monroy… - Expert review of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction: Guillain-Barré syndrome is a rare disease representing the most
frequent cause of acute flaccid symmetrical weakness of the limbs and areflexia usually …

Smartphone clip-on instrument and microfluidic processor for rapid sample-to-answer detection of Zika virus in whole blood using spatial RT-LAMP

AM Jankelow, H Lee, W Wang, TH Hoang, A Bacon… - Analyst, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Rapid, simple, inexpensive, accurate, and sensitive point-of-care (POC) detection of viral
pathogens in bodily fluids is a vital component of controlling the spread of infectious …

Emerging infectious diseases and blood safety: modeling the transfusion-transmission risk

P Kiely, M Gambhir, AC Cheng, ZK McQuilten… - Transfusion Medicine …, 2017 - Elsevier
While the transfusion-transmission (TT) risk associated with the major transfusion-relevant
viruses such as HIV is now very low, during the last 20 years there has been a growing …

Asymptomatic transmission and the dynamics of Zika infection

SM Moghadas, A Shoukat, AL Espindola, RS Pereira… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Following the 2013–14 outbreak in French Polynesia, the Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic spread
widely to many countries where Aedes Aegypti as the main transmitting vector is endemic …

[HTML][HTML] Differential neurovirulence of African and Asian genotype Zika virus isolates in outbred immunocompetent mice

NK Duggal, JM Ritter, EM McDonald… - The American journal …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Although first isolated almost 70 years ago, Zika virus (ZIKV; Flavivirus, Flaviviridae) has
only recently been associated with significant outbreaks of disease in humans. Several …

Longitudinal study of cellular and systemic cytokine signatures to define the dynamics of a balanced immune environment during disease manifestation in Zika virus …

FM Lum, DCB Lye, JJL Tan, B Lee… - The Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Since its unexpected reemergence, Zika virus (ZIKV) has caused numerous
outbreaks globally. This study characterized the host immune responses during ZIKV …

Vector competence of Aedes aegypti from Havana, Cuba, for dengue virus type 1, chikungunya, and Zika viruses

G Gutiérrez-Bugallo, A Boullis, Y Martinez… - PloS Neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Like many countries from the Americas, Cuba is threatened by Aedes aegypti-
associated arboviruses such as dengue (DENV), Zika (ZIKV), and chikungunya (CHIKV) …

Global outbreaks of zika infection by epidemic observatory (EpiWATCH), 2016-2019.

BS Bhargavi, A Moa - Global Biosecurity, 2020 - go.gale.com
Background: Emerging zika virus outbreaks have caused devastating impacts around the
globe with severe sequelae in the general population. Although zika is a self-limiting …

A new class of broadly neutralizing antibodies that target the glycan loop of Zika virus envelope protein

P Qu, C Zhang, M Li, W Ma, P Xiong, Q Liu, G Zou… - Cell discovery, 2020 - nature.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) infection poses a serious threat to human health. However, no licensed
vaccine or therapeutic drug is currently available for ZIKV. We have previously shown that …

Upregulation of microRNA miR-9 is associated with microcephaly and Zika virus infection in mice

H Zhang, Y Chang, L Zhang, SN Kim, G Otaegi… - Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
Proper growth of the mammalian cerebral cortex, which is determined by expansion and
survival of neural progenitors and mature neurons, is crucial for cognitive functions. Here …