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Willingness to seek laboratory testing for SARS-CoV-2 with home, drive-through, and clinic-based specimen collection locations
(2020-05-10)Background: SARS-CoV-2 virus testing for persons with COVID-19 symptoms, and contact tracing for those testing positive, will be critical to successful epidemic control. Willingness of persons experiencing symptoms to seek ... -
Yellow fever and Zika virus epizootics and enzootics in Uganda
(2014)Data of monkey serology are presented which, together with past evidence, support the view that yellow fever (YF) virus circulates in its primary sylvan host populations, i.e., forest monkeys, in an enzootic state in Bwamba ... -
Yellow fever monoclonal antibodies: type-specific and cross-reactive determinants identified by immunofluorescence
(2014)Monoclonal antibodies directed against the envelope glycoprotein and the NV3 non-structural viral protein of yellow fever (YF) were tested by the indirect fluorescent antibody technique against a variety of YF virus strains ... -
Zika and the Risk of Microcephaly
(2016-06)Relationship between Trimester-Specific ZIKV Infection Risk and Microcephaly in Bahia, Brazil. Panel A shows the approximate number of suspected Zika cases reported in Bahia by month. Panel B shows the estimated ZIKV ... -
Zika cases climb to 147 in US and Puerto Rico
(2016-06)News Zika cases climb to 147 in US and Puerto Rico BMJ 2016; 352 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i1212 (Published 29 February 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;352:i1212 Article Related content Metrics Responses Michael ... -
Zika fever imported from Thailand to Japan, and diagnosed by PCR in the urines
(2016)In July 2014, a Japanese traveller returning from Thailand was investigated for fever, headache, rash and conjunctivitis. Zika virus RNA was detected in his urine sample by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain ... -
Zika infection GIS-based mapping suggest high transmission activity in the border area of La Guajira, Colombia, a northeastern coast Caribbean department, 2015-2016: Implications for public health, migration and travel
(2016-06)Zika (ZIKV) virus epidemic is advancing in Latin America. Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia, among the most affected in the region [1]. ZIKV has followed the path of chikungunya (CHIKV) [2], due to high extended presence of ... -
Zika Research Projects List: A Pilot Study Examining for the Presence of Fecal Coliforms in Peruvian Water Sources and the Association of Tropical Diseases Within Peru
(2017-03)Tropical diseases are continuously on the rise throughout the world as they are spreading and manifesting in various locations globally. The more prominent vector tends to be the mosquito after it bites a previously infected ... -
Zika Research Projects List: Mucocutaneous Findings and Course in an Adult With Zika Virus Infection
(2016-06)Importance The Zika virus epidemic has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization. We describe the mucocutaneous features and histologic correlation in a patient with ... -
Zika Research Projects List: The crystal structure of Zika virus helicase: basis for antiviral drug design
(2016-06)The genus of Flavivirus contains important human pathogens, including dengue (DENV), yellow fever (YFV), West Nile (WNV), Japanese encephalitis (JEV), and tick-borne encephalitis (TBEV) viruses, which cause a number of ... -
Zika Research Projects List: Utilizing Nontraditional Data Sources for Near Real-Time Estimation of Transmission Dynamics During the 2015-2016 Colombian Zika Virus Disease Outbreak
(2016-06)Approximately 40 countries in Central and South America have experienced local vector-born transmission of Zika virus, resulting in nearly 300,000 total reported cases of Zika virus disease to date. Of the cases that have ... -
Zika Research Projects List: Vertical transmission of Zika virus targeting the radial glial cells affects cortex development of offspring mice
(2016-06)The recent Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic in Latin America coincided with a marked increase in microcephaly in newborns. However, the causal link between maternal ZIKV infection and malformation of the fetal brain has not been ... -
Zika Research Projects List: Wolbachia Blocks Currently Circulating Zika Virus Isolates in Brazilian Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes
(2016-06)The recent association of Zika virus with cases of microcephaly has sparked a global health crisis and highlighted the need for mechanisms to combat the Zika vector, Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Wolbachia pipientis, a bacterial ... -
Zika Research Projects List: Wolbachia Blocks Currently Circulating Zika Virus Isolates in Brazilian Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes
(2016-06)The recent association of Zika virus with cases of microcephaly has sparked a global health crisis and highlighted the need for mechanisms to combat the Zika vector, Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Wolbachia pipientis, a bacterial ... -
ZIKA Vaccine in Naive Subjects
(2016)This study is a study to evaluate the safety of ZPIV. Three dose levels may be evaluated. The entire duration of each subject's participation is approximately 14 months including recruitment and collection of data on the ... -
Zika virus and autoimmunity: from mycrocephaly to Guillain-Barre syndrome, and beyond
(2016-07)Zika virus (ZIKV) infection during pregnancy may be linked to fetal neurological complications that include brain damage and microcephaly. How the viral infection relates to fetal brain malformations is unknown. This study ... -
Zika Virus and Birth Defects - Reviewing the Evidence for Causality
(2016-06)The Zika virus has spread rapidly in the Americas since its first identification in Brazil in early 2015. Prenatal Zika virus infection has been linked to adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes, most notably microcephaly and ... -
Zika Virus and Birth Defects - Reviewing the Evidence for Causality
(2016-06)The Zika virus has spread rapidly in the Americas since its first identification in Brazil in early 2015. Prenatal Zika virus infection has been linked to adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes, most notably microcephaly and ... -
Zika virus and blood transfusion: the experience of French Polynesia
(2017)Background: Between October 2013 and March 2014, French Polynesia experienced the largest Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak ever described before the emergence of ZIKV in the Americas in 2015. As arbovirus transfusion-transmitted ... -
Zika Virus and Related Arbovirus Infections in Deferred Blood Donors (ZVADD)
(2016-06)The primary aims of this study are to: 1) assess the prevalence of ZIKV, DENV and CHIKV infection (RNA-positives) among adults who attempted to donate blood but were deferred because of travel to places with local transmission ...