An update on Zika virus infection

D Baud, DJ Gubler, B Schaub, MC Lanteri, D Musso - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
The epidemic history of Zika virus began in 2007, with its emergence in Yap Island in the
western Pacific, followed in 2013–14 by a larger epidemic in French Polynesia, south …

The emergence of Zika virus and its new clinical syndromes

TC Pierson, MS Diamond - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted flavivirus that has emerged as a global health
threat because of its potential to generate explosive epidemics and ability to cause …

Zika virus protection by a single low-dose nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccination

N Pardi, MJ Hogan, RS Pelc, H Muramatsu… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) has recently emerged as a pandemic associated with severe
neuropathology in newborns and adults. There are no ZIKV-specific treatments or …

Zika virus pathogenesis and tissue tropism

JJ Miner, MS Diamond - Cell host & microbe, 2017 - cell.com
Although Zika virus (ZIKV) was isolated approximately 70 years ago, few experimental
studies had been published prior to 2016. The recent spread of ZIKV to countries in the …

Zika virus—reigniting the TORCH

CB Coyne, HM Lazear - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2016 - nature.com
The recent association between Zika virus (ZIKV) infection during pregnancy and fetal
microcephaly has led to a renewed interest in the mechanisms by which vertically …

Immune response to dengue and Zika

A Elong Ngono, S Shresta - Annual review of immunology, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Flaviviruses such as dengue (DENV), yellow fever (YFV), West Nile (WNV), and Zika (ZIKV)
are human pathogens of global significance. In particular, DENV causes the most prevalent …

25-Hydroxycholesterol protects host against Zika virus infection and its associated microcephaly in a mouse model

C Li, YQ Deng, S Wang, F Ma, R Aliyari, XY Huang… - Immunity, 2017 - cell.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) has become a public health threat due to its global transmission and link to
severe congenital disorders. The host immune responses to ZIKV infection have not been …

[HTML][HTML] Suspected female-to-male sexual transmission of Zika virus—New York City, 2016

A Davidson - MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2016 - cdc.gov
A routine investigation by the New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene (DOHMH) identified a nonpregnant woman in her twenties who reported she had …

Zika viral dynamics and shedding in rhesus and cynomolgus macaques

CE Osuna, SY Lim, C Deleage, BD Griffin, D Stein… - Nature medicine, 2016 - nature.com
Infection with Zika virus has been associated with serious neurological complications and
fetal abnormalities. However, the dynamics of viral infection, replication and shedding are …

[HTML][HTML] Sexually acquired Zika virus: a systematic review

J Moreira, TM Peixoto, AM Siqueira… - Clinical Microbiology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Zika virus (ZIKV) is transmitted to humans primarily by Aedes mosquito bites.
However, circumstantial evidence points to a sexual transmission route. Objectives To …