[HTML][HTML] Systematic review of important viral diseases in Africa in light of the 'one health'concept

RP Chauhan, ZG Dessie, A Noreddin, ME El Zowalaty - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
Emerging and re-emerging viral diseases are of great public health concern. The recent
emergence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) related coronavirus (SARS-CoV …

[HTML][HTML] Recent African strains of Zika virus display higher transmissibility and fetal pathogenicity than Asian strains

F Aubry, S Jacobs, M Darmuzey, S Lequime… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The global emergence of Zika virus (ZIKV) revealed the unprecedented ability for a mosquito-
borne virus to cause congenital birth defects. A puzzling aspect of ZIKV emergence is that all …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of Chikungunya, Dengue and Zika viruses in blood donors: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis

Á Giménez-Richarte, MO de Salazar, C Arbona… - Blood …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Blood transfusion centres should understand the epidemiology of emerging
diseases that are transmissible through the transfusion of blood components. The risk of …

[HTML][HTML] Mosquito-Borne Arboviruses Occurrence and Distribution in the Last Three Decades in Central Africa: A Systematic Literature Review

N Poungou, SL Sevidzem, AA Koumba, CRZ Koumba… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Arboviruses represent a real public health problem globally and in the Central African
subregion in particular, which represents a high-risk zone for the emergence and re …

[HTML][HTML] Global seroprevalence of Zika virus in asymptomatic individuals: A systematic review

PM Saba Villarroel, R Hamel… - PLOS Neglected …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Zika virus (ZIKV) has spread to five of the six World Health Organization (WHO)
regions. Given the substantial number of asymptomatic infections and clinical presentations …

[HTML][HTML] Serological Evidence of Zika Virus Infections in Sudan

A Adam, R Wenzel, E Unger, S Reiche, C Jassoy - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
Little is known about the frequency of Zika virus (ZIKV) infections in Sudan. The aim of this
study was to obtain data on the prevalence of ZIKV infections and the immunity of the …

Zika Virus in Africa: epidemiology and determinants

N Obore, SS Papabathini, U Ghimire… - … of Advances in …, 2019 - archive.sdpublishers.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) that was less known for decades suddenly became a global health
emergency at the beginning of 2016. The virus was first discovered in the Zika forest of …

High transmissibility and fetal pathogenicity of recent Zika virus strains from the African lineage

F Aubry, S Jacobs, M Darmuzey, S Lequime, L Delang… - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
The global emergence of Zika virus (ZIKV) in the last decade revealed the unprecedented
ability for a mosquito-borne virus to cause congenital birth defects such as microcephaly. A …

[PDF][PDF] Going head-to-head with arboviruses

S Jacobs - 2021 - lirias.kuleuven.be
Mosquito-transmitted alphaviruses are distributed globally and include human pathogens
that can cause severe long-term arthritogenic or neurological complications. There are …