This primer article focuses on the basic reproduction number, ℛ 0, for infectious diseases,
and other reproduction numbers related to ℛ 0 that are useful in guiding control strategies …

Although Zika virus (ZIKV) was isolated approximately 70 years ago, few experimental
studies had been published prior to 2016. The recent spread of ZIKV to countries in the …

Background To estimate the frequency and duration of detectable Zika virus (ZIKV) RNA in
human body fluids, we prospectively assessed a cohort of recently infected participants in …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) is a novel virus that
emerged in China in late 2019 and caused a pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 …

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 …

We use a data-driven global stochastic epidemic model to analyze the spread of the Zika
virus (ZIKV) in the Americas. The model has high spatial and temporal resolution and …

Pathogenic RNA viruses are potentially the most important group involved in zoonotic
disease transmission, and they represent a challenge for global disease control. Their …

Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging mosquito-transmitted flavivirus that now causes epidemics
affecting millions of people on multiple continents. The virus has received global attention …

Background Health authorities in the United States and Europe reported an increasing
number of travel-associated episodes of sexual transmission of Zika virus (ZIKV) following …

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 …