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Zika Virus Infection in Pregnant Women in Rio de Janeiro
(2016-06)BACKGROUND Zika virus (ZIKV) has been linked to central nervous system malformations in fetuses. To characterize the spectrum of ZIKV disease in pregnant women and infants, we followed patients in Rio de Janeiro to describe ... -
Preliminary Report of Microcephaly Potentially Associated with Zika Virus Infection During Pregnancy - Colombia, January-November 2016
(2016-06)In Colombia, approximately 105,000 suspected cases of Zika virus disease (diagnosed based on clinical symptoms, regardless of laboratory confirmation) were reported during August 9, 2015-November 12, 2016, including nearly ... -
Association between Zika virus infection and microcephaly in Brazil, January to May, 2016: preliminary report of a case-control study
(2016-06)BACKGROUND: The microcephaly epidemic, which started in Brazil in 2015, was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by WHO in 2016. We report the preliminary results of a case-control study investigating ... -
The University of California Zika Virus Project
(2016-06)7 Feb 2016 – In the Spring of 2016, we infected 2 nonpregnant females with Brazilian ZIKV and monitored them for 2 weeks to look at viral kinetics and distribution. The data and methods were published in February 2017. In ... -
Update on Zika virus transmission in the Pacific islands, 2007 to February 2016 and failure of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance to signal Zika emergence in this setting
(2016-06)Objective: To describe the distribution and magnitude of Zika virus (ZIKV) infections reported in the Pacific islands from 2007 to February 2016; and explore the utility of routine acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance ... -
Zika virus infection: global update on epidemiology and potentially associated clinical manifestations
(2016-06)The years 2015–2016 have marked an important change in the epidemiology of Zika virus (ZIKV). For the first time, autochthonous transmission has been reported from continental America and the Caribbean. This has raised ... -
Microcephaly in northeastern Brazil: a review of 16 208 births between 2012 and 2015
(2016-06)A recent outbreak of microcephaly has been reported from Northeast Brazil. Neither its aetiology, nor its clinical significance has yet been fully established. A complication from an intrauterine infection with the Zika ... -
Microcephaly in Brazil: how to interpret reported numbers?
(2016-06)Brazil is facing its first outbreak of Zika virus, particularly in the northeast region. Most cases of Zika virus infection are self-limited and without sequelae, but there have been clusters of cases of microcephaly in ... -
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 ... -
The Epidemic of Zika Virus–Related Microcephaly in Brazil: Detection, Control, Etiology, and Future Scenarios
(2016-06)We describe the epidemic of microcephaly in Brazil, its detection and attempts to control it, the suspected causal link with Zika virus infection during pregnancy, and possible scenarios for the future. In October 2015, ... -
Immunological evidence of Zika virus transmission in Thailand
(2016-06)To identify immunological evidence of Zika virus transmission in Thailand. Methods To undertake a preliminary serosurvey of possible exposure to Zika virus, 21 serum samples from cohort of acute undifferentiated fever ... -
El Niño and climate change--contributing factors in the dispersal of Zika virus in the Americas?
(2016-06)In their letter, Isaac I Bogoch and colleagues (Jan 23, p 335)1 anticipated the international spread of Zika virus from Brazil through air traffic. Permissive climatic conditions for Aedes mosquitoes might have contributed ... -
Notes from the Field: Evidence of Zika Virus Infection in Brain and Placental Tissues from Two Congenitally Infected Newborns and Two Fetal Losses - Brazil, 2015
(2016-06)Zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that is related to dengue virus and transmitted primarily by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, with humans acting as the principal amplifying host during outbreaks. Zika virus was first ... -
Local Transmission of Zika Virus - Puerto Rico, November 23, 2015-January 28, 2016
(2016-06)Zika virus, a mosquito-borne flavivirus, spread to the Region of the Americas (Americas) in mid-2015, and appears to be related to congenital microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (1,2). On February 1, 2016, the World ... -
Zika virus-related hypertensive iridocyclitis
(2016-06)The epidemic of Zika virus infection in Brazil has lead to the description of new complications and manifestations such as Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults and microcephaly in newborns. Zika virus is a flavivirus transmitted ... -
Ophthalmological findings in infants with microcephaly and presumable intra-uterus Zika virus infection
(2016-06)PURPOSE: In 2015, a twenty-fold increase in the prevalence of microcephaly in Brazil was reported, and the Ministry of Health associated this abnormal prevalence with the maternal-fetal Zika virus (ZIKV) transmission. ... -
Experience of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in first case of imported Zika virus disease in China
(2016-06)The emergence of Zika virus disease (ZIKV) in the Americas, mainly Brazil, has required the World Health Organization to take action to halt the spread of the virus by implementing preventive measures. This has resulted ... -
Cohort of Patients Infected by an Arbovirus (CARBO)
(2016-06)Objective: To identify demographic, clinical, biological, virologic, immunologic and genetic factors associated with or predictive of severe complications of arbovirus infections (shock, internal bleeding, organ failure, ... -
Zika virus infections in three travellers returning from South America and the Caribbean respectively, to Montpellier, France, December 2015 to January 2016
(2016-06)Since early 2015 there has been a rapid spread of Zika virus infections in South America with a subsequent threat for importation of that emerging disease in other regions of the world. Here we describe three cases in ... -
Zika Virus Infection Presenting with Postauricular Lymphadenopathy
(2016-06)A 28-year-old, otherwise healthy Chilean man presented in December 2015 with fever, headache, and myalgia. He had returned, 2 days ago, from a tourist trip to Colombia, where he had visited Bogota and the northern region ...
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