Other viruses

Accuracy of Zika virus disease case definition during simultaneous Dengue and Chikungunya epidemics

03 Sep, 2017

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,…
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Zika virus infection–associated acute transient polyneuritis

03 Sep, 2017

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…
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Chronic Hepatites C in children in the Russian federation: a multicenter study

18 Jun, 2017

Authors: Volynets G, Skyortsowa TA, Ptapov AS, et al. Published in: EASL, 19th – 23rd April 2017, Amsterdam  
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Hepatitis C Co-Infection and CD4+ T Cell Recovery in HIV-Infected Children Receiving Anti-Retroviral Therapy.

18 Jun, 2017

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…
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The Challenge of Treating Children with Hepatitis C Virus Infection

01 Jun, 2017

Authors: Indolfi G, Thorne C, El-Sayed MH, Giaquinto C, Gonzalez-Peralta RP. Published in: J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2017. Abstract: The development of oral hepatitis C virus (HCV) direct-acting antivirals (DAAs)…
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Zika virus: what have we learned?

10 Dec, 2016

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…
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Outcome of dengue in hospitalized jamaican children

03 Dec, 2016

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…
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Chikungunya in Jamaica – public health effects and clinical features in children

03 Dec, 2016

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…
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Emergence of Zika virus epidemic and the national response in Jamaica

03 Dec, 2016

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…
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Prolonged shedding of Zika virus associated with congenital infection

03 Dec, 2016

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…
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Unravelling the paediatric and perinatal Zika virus epidemic through population-based research

03 Dec, 2016

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…
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Zika virus infection in pregnant women in Barcelona, Spain

03 Dec, 2016

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…
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Data sharing – A code of conduct for data on epidemics

03 Dec, 2016

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.
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Zika virus outbreak in Haiti in 2014: molecular and clinical data

03 Dec, 2016

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…
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Zika virus and neurological disease—approaches to the unknown

03 Dec, 2016

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…
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Brazil’s scientists scramble to solve the Zika puzzle

03 Dec, 2016

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…
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Editorial Overview: Virus–vector interactions

03 Sep, 2016

Authors: Kramer LD, Long MT Published in: Curr Opin Virol. 2016 Dec;21:v-vi  
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Treating hepatitis C virus in children: time for a new paradigm

18 Jun, 2015

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…
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