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The 3.8 Å resolution cryo-EM structure of Zika virus
Sirohi, Devika; Chen, Zhenguo; Sun, Lei; et al. (2016-06)The recent rapid spread of Zika virus and its unexpected linkage to birth defects and an autoimmune neurological syndrome have generated worldwide concern. Zika virus is a flavivirus like the dengue, yellow fever, and West ... -
Acute myelitis due to Zika virus infection
Mécharles, Sylvie; Herrmann, Cécile; Poullain, Pascale; et al. (2016-06)In January, 2016, a 15-year-old girl with a history only of an ovarian cyst was admitted to hospital in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, with left hemiparesis. 7 days previously she had presented to the emergency department ... -
Acute Zika infection with concurrent onset of Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Siu, Ronald; Bukhari, Wajih; Todd, Angela; et al. (2016-07)A 47-year-old Tongan male returning to New Zealand after a 2-week holiday in Tonga presented with 3 days of progressive limb weakness, numbness, unsteady gait, and dyspnea. Two days before departing Tonga (6 days before ... -
Acute Zika Virus Infection after Travel to Malaysian Borneo, September 2014
Tappe, Dennis; Nachtigall, Stephan; Kapaun, Annette; et al. (2016)Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne flavivirus, causes Zika fever, a self-limiting febrile and exanthematic arthralgia syndrome closely resembling dengue fever. Most often, signs and symptoms are maculopapular rash, fever, ... -
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse): A Potential Vector of Zika Virus in Singapore
Wong, Pei-Sze Jeslyn; Li, Mei-zhi Irene; Chong, Chee-Seng; et al. (2014)Zika virus (ZIKV) is a little known arbovirus until it caused a major outbreak in the Pacific Island of Yap in 2007. Although the virus has a wide geographic distribution, most of the known vectors are sylvatic Aedes ... -
Aedes hensilli as a potential vector of Chikungunya and Zika viruses
Ledermann, Jeremy P; Guillaumot, Laurent; Yug, Lawrence; et al. (2014)An epidemic of Zika virus (ZIKV) illness that occurred in July 2007 on Yap Island in the Federated States of Micronesia prompted entomological studies to identify both the primary vector(s) involved in transmission and the ... -
Anticipating the international spread of Zika virus from Brazil
Bogoch, Isaac I; Brady, Oliver J; Kraemer, Moritz U G; et al. (2016)In May, 2015, locally acquired cases of Zika virus—an arbovirus found in Africa and Asia-Pacific and transmitted via Aedes mosquitoes—were confirmed in Brazil. The presence of Aedes mosquitoes across Latin America, coupled ... -
Arbovirus infections and viral haemorrhagic fevers in Uganda: a serological survey in Karamoja district, 1984
Rodhain, F.; Gonzalez, J.P.; Mercier, E.; et al. (2014)Abstract Sera collected in May 1984 from 132 adult residents of Karamoja district, Uganda, were examined by haemagglutination inhibition tests for antibodies against selected arboviruses, namely Chikungunya and Semliki ... -
Arthropod-borne viral infections of man in Nigeria, 1964–1970
Moore, DL; Causey, OR; Carey, DE; et al. (2014)The original source for this document may be restricted, preventing outside readers from accessing the content, or may no longer be available. Therefore, users need to use other resources to retrieve this information. -
Asian Genotype Zika Virus Detected in Traveler Returning to Mexico from Colombia, October 2015
Díaz-Quiñonez, J.; Escobar-Escamilla, N.; Wong-Arámbula, C; et al. (2016-06)Zika virus is an emerging arbovirus spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and belongs to the genus Flavivirus of the Spondweni serocomplex (1,2). Most often, signs and symptoms of infection are maculopapular rash, fever, ... -
Assessing the potential risk of Zika virus epidemics in temperate areas with established Aedes albopictus populations
Guzzetta, Giorgio; Poletti, Piero; Montarsi, Fabrizio; et al. (2016-06)Based on 2015 abundance of Aedes albopictus in nine northern Italian municipalities with temperate continental/oceanic climate, we estimated the basic reproductive number R0 for Zika virus (ZIKV) to be systematically below ... -
Assessing Zika virus transmission dynamics and mitigation strategies. A multidisciplinary approach.
Sander, Beate; Miretti, Marcos; González Rosas, Camila; et al. (2021)The project took place in three Latin American countries that have different epidemiological and ecological settings of Zika virus transmission: Colombia, Argentina and Ecuador; with the objective of characterizing the ... -
Association between Zika virus and microcephaly in French Polynesia, 2013-15: A retrospective study
Cauchemez, Simon; Besnard, Marianne; Bompard, Priscillia; et al. (2016-06)The emergence of Zika virus in the Americas has coincided with increased reports of babies born with microcephaly. On Feb 1, 2016, WHO declared the suspected link between Zika virus and microcephaly to be a Public Health ... -
Association between Zika virus infection and microcephaly in Brazil, January to May, 2016: preliminary report of a case-control study
Araújo, Thalia Velho Barreto de; Rodrigues, Laura Cunha; Ximenes, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar; et al. (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 ... -
An autochthonous case of Zika due to possible sexual transmission, Florence, Italy, 2014
Venturi, Giulietta; Zammarchi, Lorenzo; Fortuna, Claudia; et al. (2016)At the beginning of May 2014, an Italian man is his early 30s (patient 1) returned to Florence, Italy, after a 10-day holiday in Thailand. On the day after his arrival, he developed a confluent maculopapular rash, on the ... -
Biology of Zika Virus Infection in Human Skin Cells
Hamel, Rodolphe; Dejarnac, Ophélie; Wichit, Sineewanlaya; et al. (2016)Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging arbovirus of the Flaviviridae family, which includes dengue, West Nile, yellow fever, and Japanese encephalitis viruses, that causes a mosquito-borne disease transmitted by the Aedes genus, ... -
Characteristics of Children Aged Acquired Postnatally - U.S. States, January 2015-July 2016
Goodman, Alyson B.; Dziuban, Eric J.; Powell, Krista; et al. (2016)Zika virus is an emerging mosquito-borne flavivirus that typically causes an asymptomatic infection or mild illness, although infection during pregnancy is a cause of microcephaly and other serious brain abnormalities. ... -
Characterization of a Novel Murine Model to Study Zika Virus
Rossi, Shannan L; Tesh, Robert B; Azar, Sasha R; et al. (2016-06)The mosquito-borne Zika virus (ZIKV) is responsible for an explosive ongoing outbreak of febrile illness across the Americas. ZIKV was previously thought to cause only a mild, flu-like illness, but during the current ... -
Characterization of Lethal Zika Virus Infection in AG129 Mice
Aliota, Matthew T.; Caine, Elizabeth A.; Walker, Emma C.; et al. (2016-06)BACKGROUND: Mosquito-borne Zika virus (ZIKV) typically causes a mild and self-limiting illness known as Zika fever, which often is accompanied by maculopapular rash, headache, and myalgia. During the current outbreak in ... -
Characterizing the Zika virus genome - A bioinformatics study
Nandy, Ashesh; Dey, Sumanta; Basak, Subhash C; et al. (2016-06)The recent epidemic of Zika virus infections in South and Latin America have raised serious concern on its ramifications for the population in the Americas and spread of the virus worldwide. The Zika virus disease is a ...