Molecular Evolution of Zika Virus during Its Emergence in the 20th Century

O Faye, CCM Freire, A Iamarino, O Faye… - PLoS neglected …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus first isolated in Uganda in 1947. Although
entomological and virologic surveillance have reported ZIKV enzootic activity in diverse …

Differential virulence between Asian and African lineages of Zika virus

Y Simonin, D van Riel, P Van de Perre… - PLoS neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a small enveloped positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus belonging
to the genus Flavivirus of the Flaviviridae family that has reemerged in recent years as a …

Genetic characterization of Zika virus strains: geographic expansion of the Asian lineage

AD Haddow, AJ Schuh, CY Yasuda… - PLoS neglected …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus distributed throughout much of
Africa and Asia. Infection with the virus may cause acute febrile illness that clinically …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic and serologic properties of Zika virus associated with an epidemic, Yap State, Micronesia, 2007

RS Lanciotti, OL Kosoy, JJ Laven… - Emerging infectious …, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus first isolated in Uganda from a sentinel
monkey in 1947. Mosquito and sentinel animal surveillance studies have demonstrated that …

Zika virus: what we need to know?

F Javed, KN Manzoor, M Ali, IU Haq… - Journal of basic …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Zika virus is one of the emerging viruses and is of significant threat to human health globally.
It is a mosquito borne flavivirus similar to dengue, yellow fever, and West Nile viruses. It was …

Zika virus: an emerging challenge to public health worldwide

V Sharma, M Sharma, D Dhull… - Canadian journal of …, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne virus that was first isolated from Zika forest, Uganda, in
1947. Since its inception, major and minor outbreaks have been documented from several …

[PDF][PDF] Zika virus: from pathogenesis to disease control

L Barzon, M Trevisan, A Sinigaglia… - FEMS microbiology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus discovered in Uganda in 1947. The virus has
emerged in recent years and spread in the Pacific Area and the Americas, where it has …

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 in Asia

V Duong, P Dussart, P Buchy - International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017 - Elsevier
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging mosquito-borne virus that was first isolated from a sentinel
rhesus monkey in the Zika Forest in Uganda in 1947. In Asia, the virus was isolated in …

From mosquitos to humans: genetic evolution of Zika virus

L Wang, SG Valderramos, A Wu, S Ouyang, C Li… - Cell host & …, 2016 - cell.com
Initially isolated in 1947, Zika virus (ZIKV) has recently emerged as a significant public
health concern. Sequence analysis of all 41 known ZIKV RNA open reading frames to date …