Authors: Braga JU, Bressan C, Dalvi APR, et al. Published in: PLoS One.2017;12(6):e0179725. Background Zika is a new disease in the American continent and its surveillance is of utmost importance,…
Authors: Nascimento OJM, Frontera JA, Amitrano DA, Bispo de Filippis AM, Da Silva IRF; RIO-GBS-ZIKV Research Group Published in: Neurology 2017;88(24):2330-2332 Abstract Zika virus (ZIKV) has been associated with various neurologic complications…
Authors: Majekodunmi AO, Thorne C, Malyuta R, et al. Published in: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2017;36(5):e123-e129 Background The effect of hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection on CD4 T cell recovery…
Authors: Safadi MA Published in: Amer J Perinatol.2016; 33(11): 1029-1031 Abstract Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging arthropod-borne, enveloped RNA virus of the Flaviviridae family, which belongs to the genus Flavivirus, related to…
Authors: Davidson T., Vickers I., Christie CD Published in: West Indian Med J 2016;65(3);442-449 Background Dengue fever is hyper-endemic in Jamaica with exponential rates of infection in successive outbreaks. The…
Authors: Christie CD, Melbourne-Chambers R, Ennevor J, et al. Published in: West Indian Med J 2016;65(3);431-437 Background Chikungunya virus entered the Caribbean for the first time in 2013 and Jamaica experienced…
Authors: Webster-Kerr K, Christie CDC, Grant A, et al. Published in: West Indian Med J. 2016;65(1):243-249 Background Jamaica, along with the Americas, experienced major epidemics of arboviral diseases transmitted by the Aedes…
Authors: Oliveira DB, Almeida FJ, Durigon EL, et al. Published in: N Engl J Med. 2016. 22;375(12):1202-4 The presence of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection has been associated with microcephaly in…
Authors: Christie CD, Giaquinto C Published in: West Indian Med J.2016;65(1):239-242 Abstract Zika virus epidemic now involves 72 countries, worldwide. Transmission is multimodal through mosquito bites and blood and body…
Authors: Bocanegra C, Sulleiro E, Soriano-Arandes A, et al. Published in: Clin Microbiol Infect. 2016;22(7):648-50 This case series of two pregnant women infected with the Zika virus in Barcelona, Spain…
Authors: Capua I Published in: Nature. 2016;16;534(7607):326 This correspondence urges Brazil to speed up reforms to current biosecurity legislation, enabling sharing of vital Zika virus samples and information.
Authors: Kednicky J, Beau De Rochars VM, El Badry M, et al. Published in: PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016;10(4):e0004687 Background Zika virus (ZIKV), first isolated in Uganda in 1947, is…
Authors: Solomon T, Baylis M, Brown D. Published in: Lancet Infect Dis. 2016;16(4):402-404 This article comments on the origins and consequences of recent Zika virus outbreaks, highlighting the urgent need…
Author: Bispo A Published in: Bull World Health Organ. 2016;94:165–166 In this interview, Anna Bispo describes the history of Zika virus in Brazil, including its potential links to an increase…
Authors: Thorne C, Indolfi G, Turkova A, Giaquinto C, Nastouli E. Published in: J Virus Erad. 2015 Jul 1;1(3):203-5. Abstract Hepatitis C virus infection is a leading cause of liver-related morbidity and…