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: new clinical syndromes and its emergence in the western hemisphere

HM Lazear, MS Diamond - Journal of virology, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Zika virus (ZIKV) had remained a relatively obscure flavivirus until a recent series of
outbreaks accompanied by unexpectedly severe clinical complications brought this virus …

Recent progress in graphene-and related carbon-nanomaterial-based electrochemical biosensors for early disease detection

HM Fahmy, ES Abu Serea… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Graphene-and carbon-based nanomaterials are key materials to develop advanced
biosensors for the sensitive detection of many biomarkers owing to their unique properties …

The wMel strain of Wolbachia Reduces Transmission of Zika virus by Aedes aegypti

MT Aliota, SA Peinado, ID Velez, JE Osorio - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) is causing an explosive outbreak of febrile disease in the Americas. There
are no effective antiviral therapies or licensed vaccines for this virus and mosquito control …

Transmission dynamics of Zika virus in island populations: a modelling analysis of the 2013–14 French Polynesia outbreak

AJ Kucharski, S Funk, RM Eggo, HP Mallet… - PLoS neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Between October 2013 and April 2014, more than 30,000 cases of Zika virus (ZIKV) disease
were estimated to have attended healthcare facilities in French Polynesia. ZIKV has also …

The wMel Strain of Wolbachia Reduces Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Aedes aegypti

MT Aliota, EC Walker, A Uribe Yepes… - PLoS neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background New approaches to preventing chikungunya virus (CHIKV) are needed
because current methods are limited to controlling mosquito populations, and they have not …

Heterologous protection against Asian Zika virus challenge in rhesus macaques

MT Aliota, DM Dudley, CM Newman… - PLoS neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Zika virus (ZIKV; Flaviviridae, Flavivirus) was declared a public health
emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) in February …

Mathematical modeling of Zika virus

E Bonyah, KO Okosun - Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease, 2016 - Elsevier
Zika virus (ZIKV) mathematical model is formulated. Optimal control strategies are
introduced into the model. The basic properties of the model without control strategies are …

Mathematical modeling on co-infection: transmission dynamics of Zika virus and Dengue fever

SA Jose, R Raja, BI Omede, RP Agarwal, J Alzabut… - Nonlinear …, 2023 - Springer
In this paper, a deterministic mathematical model for Dengue Fever (DF) and Zika virus
(ZIKV) co-infection transmission dynamics is formulated and analyzed. Two sub-models …

Electrochemical biosensors for early stage Zika diagnostics

A Kaushik, S Tiwari, RD Jayant, A Vashist… - Trends in …, 2017 - cell.com
Health agencies have declared the recent Zika virus (ZIKV) infection an epidemic and a
public health emergency of global concern due to its association with microcephaly and …