Emerging and reemerging infectious diseases: global trends and new strategies for their prevention and control

S Wang, W Li, Z Wang, W Yang, E Li, X Xia… - Signal transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
To adequately prepare for potential hazards caused by emerging and reemerging infectious
diseases, the WHO has issued a list of high-priority pathogens that are likely to cause future …

Control of maternal Zika virus infection during pregnancy is associated with lower antibody titers in a macaque model

NP Krabbe, E Razo, HJ Abraham, RV Spanton… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Zika virus (ZIKV) infection during pregnancy results in a spectrum of birth
defects and neurodevelopmental deficits in prenatally exposed infants, with no clear …

Replication properties of a contemporary Zika virus from West Africa

D Machmouchi, MP Courageot… - PLOS Neglected …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Zika virus (ZIKV) has become a global health problem over the past decade due to the
extension of the geographic distribution of the Asian/American genotype. Recent epidemics …

Epidemic Zika virus strains from the Asian lineage induce an attenuated fetal brain pathogenicity

M Darmuzey, F Touret, E Slowikowski… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The 2015–2016 Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak in the Americas revealed the ability of
ZIKV from the Asian lineage to cause birth defects, generically called congenital Zika …

Vertical transmission of African-lineage Zika virus through the fetal membranes in a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) model

MR Koenig, AM Mitzey, X Zeng, L Reyes… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Zika virus (ZIKV) can be transmitted vertically from mother to fetus during pregnancy,
resulting in a range of outcomes including severe birth defects and fetal/infant death …

Infection of the maternal-fetal interface and vertical transmission following low-dose inoculation of pregnant rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) with an African …

MR Koenig, AM Mitzey, TK Morgan, X Zeng… - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Congenital Zika virus (ZIKV) infection can result in birth defects, including
malformations in the fetal brain and visual system. There are two distinct genetic lineages of …

The NS1 protein of contemporary West African Zika virus potentiates viral replication and reduces innate immune activation

D Machmouchi, MP Courageot, E Ogire… - PLoS Neglected …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Mosquito-borne Zika virus (ZIKV) from sub-Saharan Africa has recently gained attention due
to its epidemic potential and its capacity to be highly teratogenic. To improve our knowledge …

Comparative Infections of Zika, Dengue, and Yellow Fever Viruses in Human Cytotrophoblast-Derived Cells Suggest a Gating Role for the Cytotrophoblast in Zika …

M Viettri, G Caraballo, ME Sanchez… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The Zika virus (ZIKV) is teratogenic and considered a TORCH pathogen (toxoplasmosis
[Toxoplasma gondii], rubella, cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex virus [HSV], and other …

Primary infection with Zika virus provides one-way heterologous protection against Spondweni virus infection in rhesus macaques

AS Jaeger, CM Crooks, AM Weiler, MI Bliss… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Spondweni virus (SPONV) is the closest known relative of Zika virus (ZIKV). SPONV
pathogenesis resembles that of ZIKV in pregnant mice, and both viruses are transmitted by …

Chronic innate immune impairment and ZIKV persistence in the gastrointestinal tract during SIV infection in pigtail macaques

J Tisoncik-Go, TB Lewis, LS Whitmore, K Voss… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mosquito borne flaviviruses, including dengue (DENV) and Zika (ZIKV) viruses, have caused
global epidemics in areas with high HIV prevalence due to the expanded geographic range …