COVID-19: Immunology and treatment options

S Felsenstein, JA Herbert, PS McNamara… - Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV2 causes COVID-19, a pandemic threatening millions. As
protective immunity does not exist in humans and the virus is capable of esca** innate …

Dengue vaccines: an update

JM Torres-Flores, A Reyes-Sandoval, MI Salazar - BioDrugs, 2022 - Springer
Dengue is one of the most prevalent mosquito-borne diseases in the world, affecting an
estimated 390 million people each year, according to models. For the last two decades …

[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 …

Current status of Zika virus vaccines: successes and challenges

A Pattnaik, BR Sahoo, AK Pattnaik - Vaccines, 2020 - mdpi.com
The recently emerged Zika virus (ZIKV) spread to the Americas, causing a spectrum of
congenital diseases including microcephaly in newborn and Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) …

Co-circulation and simultaneous co-infection of dengue, chikungunya, and zika viruses in patients with febrile syndrome at the Colombian-Venezuelan border

MY Carrillo-Hernández, J Ruiz-Saenz… - BMC infectious …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background In Colombia, the dengue virus (DENV) has been endemic for decades,
and with the recent entry of the chikungunya virus (CHIKV)(2014) and the Zika virus …

The antigenic structure of Zika virus and its relation to other flaviviruses: implications for infection and immunoprophylaxis

FX Heinz, K Stiasny - Microbiology and Molecular Biology …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Zika virus was discovered∼ 70 years ago in Uganda and maintained a low profile as a
human disease agent in Africa and Asia. Only recently has it caused explosive outbreaks in …

Pathogenesis and virulence of flavivirus infections

SW van Leur, T Heunis, D Munnur, S Sanyal - Virulence, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The Flavivirus genus consists of> 70 members including several that are considered
significant human pathogens. Flaviviruses display a broad spectrum of diseases that can be …

Dengue virus-reactive CD8+ T cells mediate cross-protection against subsequent Zika virus challenge

J Wen, A Elong Ngono, JA Regla-Nava, K Kim… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) and dengue virus (DENV) are antigenically related flaviviruses that share
cross-reactivity in antibody and T cell responses, and co-circulate in increasing numbers of …

[HTML][HTML] Prior exposure to Zika virus significantly enhances peak dengue-2 viremia in rhesus macaques

J George, WG Valiant, MJ Mattapallil, M Walker… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Structural and functional homologies between the Zika and Dengue viruses' envelope
proteins raise the possibility that cross-reactive antibodies induced following Zika virus …

Dengue and Zika viruses: Epidemiological history, potential therapies, and promising vaccines

NM Silva, NC Santos, IC Martins - Tropical medicine and infectious …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Dengue virus (DENV), which can lead to fatal hemorrhagic fever, affects 390 million people
worldwide. The closely related Zika virus (ZIKV) causes microcephaly in newborns and …