The continued threat of emerging flaviviruses

TC Pierson, MS Diamond - Nature microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
Flaviviruses are vector-borne RNA viruses that can emerge unexpectedly in human
populations and cause a spectrum of potentially severe diseases including hepatitis …

The emergence of Zika virus and its new clinical syndromes

TC Pierson, MS Diamond - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted flavivirus that has emerged as a global health
threat because of its potential to generate explosive epidemics and ability to cause …

[HTML][HTML] Modified mRNA vaccines protect against Zika virus infection

JM Richner, S Himansu, KA Dowd, SL Butler, V Salazar… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
The emergence of ZIKV infection has prompted a global effort to develop safe and effective
vaccines. We engineered a lipid nanoparticle (LNP) encapsulated modified mRNA vaccine …

In situ analytical techniques for battery interface analysis

AM Tripathi, WN Su, BJ Hwang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Lithium-ion batteries, simply known as lithium batteries, are distinct among high energy
density charge-storage devices. The power delivery of batteries depends upon the …

A single mutation in the prM protein of Zika virus contributes to fetal microcephaly

L Yuan, XY Huang, ZY Liu, F Zhang, XL Zhu, JY Yu… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Zika virus (ZIKV) has evolved into a global health threat because of its unexpected causal
link to microcephaly. Phylogenetic analysis reveals that contemporary epidemic strains have …

Zika virus structure, maturation, and receptors

D Sirohi, RJ Kuhn - The Journal of infectious diseases, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The emergence of Zika virus (ZIKV) as a major public health threat has focused research on
understanding virus biology and develo** a suite of strategies for disease intervention …

Immune response to dengue and Zika

A Elong Ngono, S Shresta - Annual review of immunology, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Flaviviruses such as dengue (DENV), yellow fever (YFV), West Nile (WNV), and Zika (ZIKV)
are human pathogens of global significance. In particular, DENV causes the most prevalent …

[HTML][HTML] Current advances in Zika vaccine development

Y Wang, L Ling, Z Zhang, A Marin-Lopez - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Zika virus (ZIKV), an emerging arthropod-borne flavivirus, was first isolated in Uganda in
1947 from monkeys and first detected in humans in Nigeria in 1952; it has been associated …

The structure of immature tick-borne encephalitis virus supports the collapse model of flavivirus maturation

M Anastasina, T Füzik, A Domanska, LIA Pulkkinen… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
We present structures of three immature tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) isolates. Our
atomic models of the major viral components, the E and prM proteins, indicate that the pr …

Vaccine mediated protection against Zika virus-induced congenital disease

JM Richner, BW Jagger, C Shan, CR Fontes, KA Dowd… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
The emergence of Zika virus (ZIKV) and its association with congenital malformations has
prompted the rapid development of vaccines. Although efficacy with multiple viral vaccine …