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The 1970 yellow fever epidemic in Okwoga District, Benue Plateau State, Nigeria. 3. Serological respopersons with and without pre-existing heterologous group B immunity
(2014)Serological studies of persons infected with yellow fever (YF) during the 1970 epidemic in Okwoga District, Nigeria, indicated that epidemic YF occurred despite a high prevalence of pre-existing group B arbovirus immunity, ... -
The 3.8 Å resolution cryo-EM structure of Zika virus
(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
(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
(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
(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, ... -
Adoption of personal protective measures by ordinary citizens during the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan
(2020-04-06)[Abstract]. Objectives: To clarify the implementation status of personal protective measures by the ordinary 34 citizens in Japan during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Methods: This was the cross-sectional ... -
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse): A Potential Vector of Zika Virus in Singapore
(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
(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 ... -
Analysis of 92 deceased patients with COVID‐19
(2020-04-15)Objective: This retrospective study aimed to analysis the clinical characteristics and complications in death cases with novel coronavirus disease‐19 (COVID‐19). Method: We collected the medical records of 92 patients with ... -
Antibody-mediated enhancement of Wesselsbron virus in P388D1 cells
(2014)Antibody-mediated enhancement of Wesselsbron virus was investigated in P388D1 cell cultures. Virus infection was enhanced in culture by various dilutions of homologous and heterologous flavivirus antibody. Highest enhancement ... -
Anticipating the international spread of Zika virus from Brazil
(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 ... -
Antigenic Relatedness of Selected Flaviviruses: Study With Homologous And Heterologous Immune Mouse Ascitic Fluids
(2014)The antigenic relationship of 9 flaviviruses, Yellow fever (YF) , Wesselsbron (WSL) , Uganda S (UGS) , Potiskum (POT), West Nile (WN) , Banzi (BAN) , Zika (ZK) , Dengue type 1 (DEN-1) and Dengue type 2 (DEN-2), was assessed ... -
Applying and scaling dengue vector control lessons to Zika – ATD-Prevention (Aedes transmitted disPrevention)
(2017)To contribute to the prevention of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika, a process of scaling up an innovative intervention to reduce Aedes aegypti habitats, was carried out in the city of Salto (Uruguay) based on a transdisciplinary ... -
Applying Wolbachia to Eliminate Dengue AWED
(2017)This cluster randomised trial will evaluate the efficacy of Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegytpi mosquitoes in reducing dengue cases in Yogyakarta City, Indonesia. Primary objective: To assess the efficacy of community-based ... -
Arbovirus infections and viral haemorrhagic fevers in Uganda: a serological survey in Karamoja district, 1984
(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
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Arthropod-borne virus antibodies in sera of residents of Kainji Lake Basin, Nigeria 1980
(2014)A survey for haemagglutination-inhibiting arthropod-borne virus antibody was carried out in the Kainji Lake area of Nigeria. Of 267 persons tested, 139 (52%) and 158 (59%) had alphavirus and flavivirus group HI antibody, ... -
Asian Genotype Zika Virus Detected in Traveler Returning to Mexico from Colombia, October 2015
(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
(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.
(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 ...