Zika virus

D Musso, DJ Gubler - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) in the genus Flavivirus and the
family Flaviviridae. ZIKV was first isolated from a nonhuman primate in 1947 and from …

Assessing the global threat from Zika virus

J Lessler, LH Chaisson, LM Kucirka, Q Bi, K Grantz… - Science, 2016 - science.org
BACKGROUND First discovered in 1947, Zika virus (ZIKV) received little attention until a
surge in microcephaly cases was reported after a 2015 outbreak in Brazil. The size of the …

Field-deployable viral diagnostics using CRISPR-Cas13

C Myhrvold, CA Freije, JS Gootenberg, OO Abudayyeh… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Mitigating global infectious disease requires diagnostic tools that are sensitive, specific, and
rapidly field deployable. In this study, we demonstrate that the Cas13-based SHERLOCK …

Zika virus associated with microcephaly

J Mlakar, M Korva, N Tul, M Popović… - … England Journal of …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
A widespread epidemic of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection was reported in 2015 in South and
Central America and the Caribbean. A major concern associated with this infection is the …

First report of autochthonous transmission of Zika virus in Brazil

C Zanluca, VCA Melo, ALP Mosimann… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
In the early 2015, several cases of patients presenting symptoms of mild fever, rash,
conjunctivitis and arthralgia were reported in the northeastern Brazil. Although all patients …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus outbreak, bahia, brazil

GS Campos, AC Bandeira, SI Sardi - Emerging infectious diseases, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To the Editor: Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquitoborne flavivirus related to yellow fever virus,
dengue virus (DENV), and West Nile virus (WNV). It is a single-stranded positive RNA virus …

Zika virus evolution and spread in the Americas

HC Metsky, CB Matranga, S Wohl, SF Schaffner… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Although the recent Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic in the Americas and its link to birth defects
have attracted a great deal of attention,, much remains unknown about ZIKV disease …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus infection complicated by Guillain-Barre syndrome–case report, French Polynesia, December 2013

E Oehler, L Watrin, P Larre, I Leparc-Goffart… - …, 2014 - eurosurveillance.org
Zika fever, considered as an emerging disease of arboviral origin, because of its expanding
geographic area, is known as a benign infection usually presenting as an influenza-like …

Molecular Evolution of Zika Virus during Its Emergence in the 20th Century

O Faye, CCM Freire, A Iamarino, O Faye… - PLoS neglected …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus first isolated in Uganda in 1947. Although
entomological and virologic surveillance have reported ZIKV enzootic activity in diverse …

Viremia and clinical presentation in Nicaraguan patients infected with Zika virus, chikungunya virus, and dengue virus

JJ Waggoner, L Gresh, MJ Vargas… - Clinical Infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background. Zika virus (ZIKV), chikungunya virus (CHIKV), and dengue virus (DENV)
cocirculate in Nicaragua. In this study, we sought to compare the quantified viremia and …