Congenital viral infection: traversing the uterine-placental interface

L Pereira - Annual review of virology, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Why certain viruses cross the physical barrier of the human placenta but others do not is
incompletely understood. Over the past 20 years, we have gained deeper knowledge of …

Zika virus during pregnancy: From maternal exposure to congenital Zika virus syndrome

L Pomar, D Musso, G Malinger, M Vouga… - Prenatal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
What is already known about the topic? The Zika virus (ZIKV) emergence and its
consequences during pregnancy led to an increasing number of data about the maternal …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of exposure risks to COVID-19 among frontline health care workers in Amhara Region, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional survey

SA Atnafie, DA Anteneh, DK Yimenu, ZD Kifle - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background The burden to fight with Corona Virus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has
lied to frontline health care workers that are putting themselves at a higher risk in the battle …

[HTML][HTML] Update: interim guidance for health care providers caring for pregnant women with possible Zika virus exposure—United States (including US territories), July …

T Oduyebo - MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2017 - cdc.gov
CDC has updated the interim guidance for US health care providers caring for pregnant
women with possible Zika virus exposure in response to 1) declining prevalence of Zika …

[PDF][PDF] Cross-reactive dengue virus antibodies augment Zika virus infection of human placental macrophages

MG Zimmerman, KM Quicke, JT O'Neal, N Arora… - Cell host & …, 2018 - cell.com
Zika virus (ZIKV), which emerged in regions endemic to dengue virus (DENV), is vertically
transmitted and results in adverse pregnancy outcomes. Antibodies to DENV can cross-react …

[HTML][HTML] Zika induces human placental damage and inflammation

K Rabelo, LJ De Souza, NG Salomão… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In Brazil, an epidemic of Zika virus (ZIKV) infections was declared in 2015 that coincided
with alarming reports of microcephaly in newborns associated with mother infection …

Four human diseases with significant public health impact caused by mosquito-borne flaviviruses: West Nile, Zika, dengue and yellow fever

J Guarner, GL Hale - Seminars in diagnostic pathology, 2019 - Elsevier
In this review we will discuss the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, diagnostic tests,
pathologic features, treatment and disease prevention strategies for four mosquito-borne …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus: an emerging global health threat

R Mittal, D Nguyen, LH Debs, AP Patel, G Liu… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging healthcare threat. The presence of the mosquito Aedes
species across South and Central America in combination with complementary climates …

[HTML][HTML] Sexual transmission of Zika virus enhances in utero transmission in a mouse model

NK Duggal, EM McDonald, JM Ritter, AC Brault - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging mosquito-borne virus that can cause ZIKV congenital
syndrome when a pregnant woman is infected. Sexual transmission has also been …

Maternal infection with Zika virus and prevalence of congenital disorders in infants: systematic review and meta-analysis

SF Nithiyanantham, A Badawi - Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2019 - Springer
Objective Zika virus (ZIKV) infection is a vector-borne disease that can be transmitted
sexually and vertically. The vertical transmission of the virus may lead to congenital Zika …