[HTML][HTML] Scientists' warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate change

R Cavicchioli, WJ Ripple, KN Timmis, F Azam… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
In the Anthropocene, in which we now live, climate change is impacting most life on Earth.
Microorganisms support the existence of all higher trophic life forms. To understand how …

CRISPR-Cas based virus detection: Recent advances and perspectives

L Yin, S Man, S Ye, G Liu, L Ma - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2021 - Elsevier
Viral infections are one of the most intimidating threats to human beings. One convincing
example is the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2. Rapid …

Preliminary prediction of the basic reproduction number of the Wuhan novel coronavirus 2019‐nCoV

T Zhou, Q Liu, Z Yang, J Liao, K Yang… - Journal of Evidence …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To estimate the basic reproduction number of the Wuhan novel coronavirus
(2019‐nCoV). Methods Based on the susceptible‐exposed‐infected‐removed (SEIR) …

Past and future spread of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus

MUG Kraemer, RC Reiner Jr, OJ Brady… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The global population at risk from mosquito-borne diseases—including dengue, yellow
fever, chikungunya and Zika—is expanding in concert with changes in the distribution of two …

Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas

NR Faria, J Quick, IM Claro, J Theze, JG de Jesus… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Transmission of Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas was first confirmed in May 2015 in
northeast Brazil. Brazil has had the highest number of reported ZIKV cases worldwide (more …

The Zika virus epidemic in Brazil: from discovery to future implications

R Lowe, C Barcellos, P Brasil, OG Cruz… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
The first confirmed case of Zika virus infection in the Americas was reported in Northeast
Brazil in May 2015, although phylogenetic studies indicate virus introduction as early as …

Point-of-care testing based on smartphone: The current state-of-the-art (2017–2018)

J Liu, Z Geng, Z Fan, J Liu, H Chen - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2019 - Elsevier
Smartphone-based point-of-care testing (POCT) is rapidly emerging as a potential
alternative to the traditional laboratory-based diagnostic testing owing to economic …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus: History, epidemiology, transmission, and clinical presentation

BH Song, SI Yun, M Woolley, YM Lee - Journal of neuroimmunology, 2017 - Elsevier
Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne positive-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae
(genus Flavivirus), is now causing an unprecedented large-scale outbreak in the Americas …

Impact of preexisting dengue immunity on Zika virus emergence in a dengue endemic region

I Rodriguez-Barraquer, F Costa, EJM Nascimento… - Science, 2019 - science.org
The clinical outcomes associated with Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas have been well
documented, but other aspects of the pandemic, such as attack rates and risk factors, are …

Rapid development of a DNA vaccine for Zika virus

KA Dowd, SY Ko, KM Morabito, ES Yang, RS Pelc… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Zika virus (ZIKV) was identified as a cause of congenital disease during the explosive
outbreak in the Americas and Caribbean that began in 2015. Because of the ongoing fetal …