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 …

A review on Zika virus outbreak, epidemiology, transmission and infection dynamics

SS Kazmi, W Ali, N Bibi, F Nouroz - Journal of Biological Research …, 2020 - Springer
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a newly emergent relative of the Flaviviridae family and linked to dengue
(DENV) and Chikungunya (CHIVKV). ZIKV is one of the rising pathogens promptly …

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 …

The evolution of Zika virus from Asia to the Americas

ZY Liu, WF Shi, CF Qin - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) was once considered an obscure member of the large and diverse family of
mosquito-borne flaviviruses, and human infections with ZIKV were thought to be sporadic …

Zika virus

S Masmejan, D Musso, M Vouga, L Pomar… - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
Zika virus (ZIKV), a neurotropic single-stranded RNA flavivirus, remains an important cause
of congenital infection, fetal microcephaly, and Guillain-Barré syndrome in populations …

A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled phase 1 study of Ad26. ZIKV. 001, an Ad26-vectored anti–Zika virus vaccine

NC Salisch, KE Stephenson, K Williams… - Annals of internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Background: Zika virus (ZIKV) may cause severe congenital disease after maternal–fetal
transmission. No vaccine is currently available. Objective: To assess the safety and …

Discovering disease-causing pathogens in resource-scarce Southeast Asia using a global metagenomic pathogen monitoring system

JA Bohl, S Lay, S Chea, V Ahyong… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Understanding the regional pathogen landscape and surveillance of emerging pathogens is
key to mitigating epidemics. Challenges lie in resource-scarce settings, where outbreaks are …

Zika virus outbreak in Rajasthan, India in 2018 was caused by a virus endemic to Asia

PD Yadav, B Malhotra, G Sapkal, DA Nyayanit… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in human has been reported from Gujarat and Tamil Nadu states
during the year 2016 and 2017 respectively. In paucity of complete genome data of ZIKV, the …

Role of mutational reversions and fitness restoration in Zika virus spread to the Americas

J Liu, Y Liu, C Shan, BTD Nunes, R Yun… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) emerged from obscurity in 2013 to spread from Asia to the South Pacific
and the Americas, where millions of people were infected, accompanied by severe disease …

Zika viruses of African and Asian lineages cause fetal harm in a mouse model of vertical transmission

AS Jaeger, RA Murrieta, LR Goren… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Congenital Zika virus (ZIKV) infection was first linked to birth defects during the American
outbreak in 2015/2016. It has been proposed that mutations unique to the Asian/American …