Zika virus: transmission, detection, control, and prevention

A Sharma, SK Lal - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne Flavivirus discovered in Uganda in the 1940s. To date,
three major ZIKV outbreaks have been reported. ZIKV infections have known to be primarily …

Zika virus infection: epidemiology, clinical manifestations and diagnosis

GA Calvet, FB Dos Santos… - Current opinion in …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Zika virus infection: epidemiology, clinical manifestations... : Current Opinion in Infectious
Diseases Zika virus infection: epidemiology, clinical manifestations and diagnosis : Current …

Zika virus disease in Colombia—preliminary report

O Pacheco, M Beltrán, CA Nelson… - … England Journal of …, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Colombia began official surveillance for Zika virus disease (ZVD) in August
2015. In October 2015, an outbreak of ZVD was declared after laboratory-confirmed disease …

Co-circulation and simultaneous co-infection of dengue, chikungunya, and zika viruses in patients with febrile syndrome at the Colombian-Venezuelan border

MY Carrillo-Hernández, J Ruiz-Saenz… - BMC infectious …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background In Colombia, the dengue virus (DENV) has been endemic for decades,
and with the recent entry of the chikungunya virus (CHIKV)(2014) and the Zika virus …

[HTML][HTML] Guillain-Barré syndrome during ongoing zika virus transmission—Puerto Rico, January 1–July 31, 2016

E Dirlikov - MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2016 - cdc.gov
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an uncommon autoimmune disorder characterized by
varying degrees of weakness, sensory abnormalities, and autonomic dysfunction due to …

Zika fetal neuropathogenesis: etiology of a viral syndrome

ZA Klase, S Khakhina, ADB Schneider… - PLoS neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The ongoing Zika virus epidemic in the Americas and the observed association with both
fetal abnormalities (primary microcephaly) and adult autoimmune pathology (Guillain–Barré …

Sexual transmission of Zika virus in Germany, April 2016

C Frank, D Cadar, A Schlaphof, N Neddersen… - …, 2016 - eurosurveillance.org
Zika virus (ZIKV), an emerging mosquito-borne flavivirus, causes a mild dengue fever-like
illness but has recently been associated with neurological disease and severe birth defects …

Mathematical model for Zika virus dynamics with sexual transmission route

FB Agusto, S Bewick, WF Fagan - Ecological Complexity, 2017 - Elsevier
Zika virus is a flavivirus transmitted to humans primarily through the bite of infected Aedes
mosquitoes. In addition to vector-borne spread, however, the virus can also be transmitted …

Zika virus infection associated with severe thrombocytopenia

TM Sharp, J Muñoz-Jordán… - Clinical Infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We report two patients that developed severe thrombocytopenia after Zika virus (ZIKV)
infection. The first patient had 1000 platelets/μL and died after multiple hemorrhages. The …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus displacement by a chikungunya outbreak in Recife, Brazil

T Magalhaes, C Braga, MT Cordeiro… - PLoS Neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Several arboviruses, including dengue virus (DENV), Zika virus (ZIKV) and
chikungunya virus (CHIKV), transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, circulate in northeast Brazil …