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 …

Microbial infection initiates complex interactions between the pathogen and the host.
Pathogens express several signature molecules, known as pathogen-associated molecular …

The mosquito-borne Zika virus (ZIKV) is responsible for an explosive ongoing outbreak of
febrile illness across the Americas. ZIKV was previously thought to cause only a mild, flu-like …

Unlike its mosquito-borne relatives, such as dengue, West Nile, and Japanese encephalitis
viruses, which can cause severe human diseases, Zika virus (ZIKV) has emerged from …

The Zika virus outbreak has captivated the attention of the global audience and information
has spread rapidly and wildly through the internet and other media channels. This virus was …

Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging mosquito-borne flavivirus that is causally linked to severe
neonatal birth defects, including microcephaly, and is associated with Guillain-Barre …

Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging flavivirus typically causing a dengue-like febrile illness, but
neurological complications, such as microcephaly in newborns, have potentially been linked …

Zika virus (ZIKV) invades and persists in the central nervous system (CNS), causing severe
neurological diseases. However the virus journey, from the bloodstream to tissues through a …

Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging flavivirus since the first epidemics in South Pacific in 2007.
The recent finding that ZIKV is now circulating in Western Hemisphere and can be …

Background: Zika virus infection has recently attracted the attention of medical community.
While clinical manifestations of the infection in adult cases are not severe and disease is not …