Zika Virus: From Obscurity to Potentially Devastating International Threat

Zika Virus Infection after Returning from Thailand

Zika Virus: An Emerging Worldwide Threat

ZIKA virus (ZIKV) poses a severe threat to the world. Recent outbreaks of ZIKV after 2007 along with its quick transmission have made this virus a matter of international concern. The virus shows symptoms that are similar to those caused in the wake of dengue virus (DENV) and other flaviviruses, which makes it difficult to discern the viral infection. Diagnosis is further complicated as the vir...

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...

Corrigendum: Zika Virus: An Emerging Worldwide Threat

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Zika Virus, a New Threat for Europe?

BACKGROUND Since its emergence in 2007 in Micronesia and Polynesia, the arthropod-borne flavivirus Zika virus (ZIKV) has spread in the Americas and the Caribbean, following first detection in Brazil in May 2015. The risk of ZIKV emergence in Europe increases as imported cases are repeatedly reported. Together with chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and dengue virus (DENV), ZIKV is transmitted by Aedes m...