Overview of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in regards to the Brazilian epidemic
Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne flavivirus, belongs to the Flaviviridae family, genus Flavivirus. ZIKV was initially isolated in 1947 from a sentinel monkey in the Zika forest, Uganda. Little clinical importance was attributed to ZIKV, once only few symptomatic cases were reported in some Africa...
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| description | Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne flavivirus, belongs to the Flaviviridae family, genus Flavivirus. ZIKV was initially isolated in 1947 from a sentinel monkey in the Zika forest, Uganda. Little clinical importance was attributed to ZIKV, once only few symptomatic cases were reported in some African and Southeast Asiatic countries. This situation changed in 2007, when a large outbreak was registered on the Yap Island, Micronesia, caused by the Asian ZIKV lineage. Between 2013 and 2014, ZIKV spread explosively and caused many outbreaks in different islands of the Southern Pacific Ocean and in 2015 autochthonous transmission was reported in Brazil. Currently, Brazil is the country with the highest number of ZIKV-positive cases in Latin America. Moreover, for the first time after the discovery of ZIKV, the Brazilian scientists are studying the possibility for the virus to cause severe congenital infection related to microcephaly and serious birth defects due to the time-spatial coincidence of the alarming increase of newborns with microcephaly and the Brazilian ZIKV epidemic. The present review summarizes recent information for ZIKV epidemiology, clinical picture, transmission, diagnosis and the consequences of this emerging virus in Brazil. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5e1bb0fb7e1f4558846d1c8add375efc2022-12-21T21:23:44ZengAssociação Brasileira de Divulgação CientíficaBrazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research1414-431X2016-04-0149510.1590/1414-431x20165420Overview of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in regards to the Brazilian epidemicS.N. SlavovK.K. OtaguiriS. KashimaD.T. CovasZika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne flavivirus, belongs to the Flaviviridae family, genus Flavivirus. ZIKV was initially isolated in 1947 from a sentinel monkey in the Zika forest, Uganda. Little clinical importance was attributed to ZIKV, once only few symptomatic cases were reported in some African and Southeast Asiatic countries. This situation changed in 2007, when a large outbreak was registered on the Yap Island, Micronesia, caused by the Asian ZIKV lineage. Between 2013 and 2014, ZIKV spread explosively and caused many outbreaks in different islands of the Southern Pacific Ocean and in 2015 autochthonous transmission was reported in Brazil. Currently, Brazil is the country with the highest number of ZIKV-positive cases in Latin America. Moreover, for the first time after the discovery of ZIKV, the Brazilian scientists are studying the possibility for the virus to cause severe congenital infection related to microcephaly and serious birth defects due to the time-spatial coincidence of the alarming increase of newborns with microcephaly and the Brazilian ZIKV epidemic. The present review summarizes recent information for ZIKV epidemiology, clinical picture, transmission, diagnosis and the consequences of this emerging virus in Brazil.http://www.scielo.br/pdf/bjmbr/v49n5/1414-431X-bjmbr-1414-431X20165420.pdfZika virusZIKVTransmissionEpidemiologyCongenital infectionBrazil |
| spellingShingle | S.N. Slavov K.K. Otaguiri S. Kashima D.T. Covas Overview of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in regards to the Brazilian epidemic Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research Zika virus ZIKV Transmission Epidemiology Congenital infection Brazil |
| title | Overview of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in regards to the Brazilian epidemic |
| title_full | Overview of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in regards to the Brazilian epidemic |
| title_fullStr | Overview of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in regards to the Brazilian epidemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Overview of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in regards to the Brazilian epidemic |
| title_short | Overview of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in regards to the Brazilian epidemic |
| title_sort | overview of zika virus zikv infection in regards to the brazilian epidemic |
| topic | Zika virus ZIKV Transmission Epidemiology Congenital infection Brazil |
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