The continued threat of emerging flaviviruses

TC Pierson, MS Diamond - Nature microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
Flaviviruses are vector-borne RNA viruses that can emerge unexpectedly in human
populations and cause a spectrum of potentially severe diseases including hepatitis …

Humoral responses and serological assays in SARS-CoV-2 infections

Y Galipeau, M Greig, G Liu, M Driedger… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In December 2019, the novel betacoronavirus Severe Acute Respiratory Disease
Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first detected in Wuhan, China. SARS-CoV-2 has since …

Zika virus infection enhances future risk of severe dengue disease

LC Katzelnick, C Narvaez, S Arguello… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The Zika pandemic sparked intense interest in whether immune interactions among dengue
virus serotypes 1 to 4 (DENV1 to-4) extend to the closely related Zika virus (ZIKV). We …

Covid‐19 and dengue: double punches for dengue‐endemic countries in Asia

H Harapan, M Ryan, B Yohan… - Reviews in medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Summary The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid‐19) pandemic, caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), is an international public health crisis …

Zika virus infection—after the pandemic

D Musso, AI Ko, D Baud - New England Journal of Medicine, 2019 - Mass Medical Soc
Zika Virus and Its Associated Diseases Zika is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that can cause
congenital defects, including microcephaly. Although most Zika virus infections are …

Antibody titers against SARS-CoV-2 decline, but do not disappear for several months

S Yamayoshi, A Yasuhara, M Ito, O Akasaka… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background To develop an effective vaccine against a novel viral pathogen, it is important to
understand the longitudinal antibody responses against its first infection. Here we performed …

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 …

Biochemistry and molecular biology of flaviviruses

NJ Barrows, RK Campos, KC Liao, KR Prasanth… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Flaviviruses, such as dengue, Japanese encephalitis, tick-borne encephalitis, West Nile,
yellow fever, and Zika viruses, are critically important human pathogens that sicken a …

Enhancement versus neutralization by SARS-CoV-2 antibodies from a convalescent donor associates with distinct epitopes on the RBD

Y Zhou, Z Liu, S Li, W Xu, Q Zhang, IT Silva, C Li, Y Wu… - Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
Several potent neutralizing antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus have been identified. However, antibody-dependent …

Worse than the disease? Reviewing some possible unintended consequences of the mRNA vaccines against COVID-19

S Seneff, G Nigh - International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice, and …, 2021 - ijvtpr.com
Operation Warp Speed brought to market in the United States two mRNA vaccines,
produced by Pfizer and Moderna. Interim data suggested high efficacy for both of these …