Zika infection: From obscurity to public health emergency

Zika virus is a global public health emergency, declares WHO.

The Zika virus, and its suspected link to an increase in the number of babies born with microcephaly and a spike in neurological conditions is a global public health emergency, the World Health Organization has declared. WHO’s public health emergency committee, which met on Monday 1 February, declared that the spread of the virus was an emergency of public health concern, triggering funding int...

Zika Virus Infection after Returning from Thailand

Zika virus infection, a new public health challenge.

co-circulate. Infection by ZIKV, can be asymptomatic in a razil is an endemic area for Dengue virus (DENV) infections. ecently, the country was affected by an outbreak caused by hikungunya virus, and in the last year, a third arbovirus Zika virus – ZIKV), caused a large number of infections.1 ZIKV s transmitted by mosquitoes, and was first isolated from a hesus macaque placed as sentinel during...

Zika Virus: An Evolving Public Health Threat.

Annals Academy of Medicine Zika Virus: An Evolving Public Health Threat Chee Fu Yung, 1MBChB, MSt (Camb), FFPH, Chia Yin Chong, 1MBBS, M. Med, FRCPCH, Kee Thai Yeo, 2MD MS FAAP, Christina Liew, 3MSc, PhD, Lee Ching Ng, 3,4PhD, Natalie WH Tan, 1MBBS, MRCPCH, FAMS, George SH Yeo, 5MBBS (Singapore), FRCOG (Lon), FAMS (Singapore), Nancy WS Tee,6 MBBS, FRCPA, Raymond TP Lin, 7MBBS, FRCPA, Thiam Chye...

Diagnostic Testing for Zika: Observing Rapid Translation During a Public Health Emergency

Although outbreaks of Zika virus (ZIKV) were previously reported in Africa and Asia, it was not until multiple cases were detected in Brazil in 2015 that ZIKV captured public attention.1 The association with congenital disease prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a public health emergency (lifted November 2016). We aim to explore the rapid translation of diagnostics for ZIKV ...