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Zika: an ongoing threat to women and infants

Recent data from the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, shows a sharp drop in the number of reported occurrences of Zika during the summer of 2016/2017, compared to the previous summer. There is still a much higher incidence among women than men, almost certainly due to sexual transmission. An unexp...

Follow up of a robust meta-signature to identify Zika virus infection in Aedes aegypti: another brick in the wall

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 113 (6), 2018
The mosquito Aedes aegypti is the main vector of several arthropod-borne diseases that have global impacts. In a previous meta-analysis, our group identified a vector gene set containing 110 genes strongly associated with infections of dengue, West Nile and yellow fever viruses. Of these 110 genes, four ...

Zika: probabilidad de establecimiento de su vector, Aedes aegypti, en Chile

Rev. chil. infectol; 34 (6), 2017
Resumen El virus Zika ha despertado una alarma mundial en los últimos años, representando un problema importante para la salud pública. En este estudio evaluamos el riesgo potencial de exposición a virus Zika en Chile, asociado a la probabilidad de establecimiento del vector Aedes aegypti en el país...

Viruses vector control proposal: genus Aedes emphasis

Braz. j. infect. dis; 21 (4), 2017
Abstract The dengue fever is a major public health problem in the world. In Brazil, in 2015, there were 1,534,932 cases, being 20,320 cases of severe form, and 811 deaths related to this disease. The distribution of Aedes aegypti, the vector, is extensive. Recently, Zika and Chikungunya viruses had arise...

Culex quinquefasciatus from areas with the highest incidence of microcephaly associated with Zika virus infections in the Northeast Region of Brazil are refractory to the virus

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 112 (8), 2017
Zika virus (ZIKV) is widely distributed in Brazil and the Northeast Region (NE) is the most affected zone, showing the highest incidence of microcephaly associated with ZIKV congenital infections worldwide. We report attempts to infect three populations of Culex quinquefasciatus from severely affected si...

Virus que poseen transmisión sexual como vía alternativa: reflexión sobre las ITS secundarias del siglo XXI

Rev. chil. infectol; 34 (4), 2017

Zika Virus Infection in Pregnant Women and Microcephaly

Abstract From the discovery of the Zika virus (ZIKV) in 1947 in Uganda (Africa), until its arrival in South America, it was not known that it would affect human reproductive life so severely. Today, damagetothe central nervous system is known to be multiple, and microcephaly is considered the tip of the ...

Infección por virus Zika como un reto para la Salud Pública
Zika virus infection as an edge for Public Health

Rev. medica electron; 39 (2), 2017
La fiebre del Zika es una enfermedad viral transmitida por mosquitos causada por el virus del mismo nombre (ZIKV), y que consiste en fiebre leve, exantemas (principalmente maculo-papular), cefalalgia, artromialgias, malestar general y conjuntivitis no purulenta que acontece entre dos a siete días despuÃ...

Dengue infection in the nervous system: lessons learned for Zika and Chikungunya

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 75 (2), 2017
ABSTRACT Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya are emerging arboviruses and important causes of acute febrile disease in tropical areas. Although dengue does not represent a new condition, a geographic expansion over time has occurred with the appearance of severe neurological complications. Neglect has allowed t...