Zika: an old virus with a new face
Zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that represents a public health emergency at the ongoing epidemic. This obscure virus was limited to sporadic cases in Africa and Asia, until the emergence of Zika virus in Brazil in 2015, when it rapidly spread throughout the Americas. Most Zika virus infec...
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| author | Avšic Županc Tatjana Petrovec Miroslav |
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| description | Zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that represents a public health emergency at the ongoing epidemic. This obscure virus was limited to sporadic cases in Africa and Asia, until the emergence of Zika virus in Brazil in 2015, when it rapidly spread throughout the Americas. Most Zika virus infections are subclinical or characterized by mild febrile illness. However, neurological complications, including Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults, and congenital anomalies, including microcephaly in babies born to infected mothers, raised a grave concern. Currently, there is no specific antiviral treatment or vaccine available for Zika virus infection. Thus, international public health response is primarily focused on preventing infection, particularly in pregnant women, and on providing up-to-date recommendations to reduce the risk of non-vector transmission of Zika virus. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-af95e410905a4f3fa37143cc6e63f6b12022-12-21T22:00:17ZengSciendoSlovenian Journal of Public Health1854-24762016-12-0155422823010.1515/sjph-2016-0031sjph-2016-0031Zika: an old virus with a new faceAvšic Županc Tatjana0Petrovec Miroslav1University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Zaloška 4, 1000 Ljubljana, SloveniaUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Zaloška 4, 1000 Ljubljana, SloveniaZika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that represents a public health emergency at the ongoing epidemic. This obscure virus was limited to sporadic cases in Africa and Asia, until the emergence of Zika virus in Brazil in 2015, when it rapidly spread throughout the Americas. Most Zika virus infections are subclinical or characterized by mild febrile illness. However, neurological complications, including Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults, and congenital anomalies, including microcephaly in babies born to infected mothers, raised a grave concern. Currently, there is no specific antiviral treatment or vaccine available for Zika virus infection. Thus, international public health response is primarily focused on preventing infection, particularly in pregnant women, and on providing up-to-date recommendations to reduce the risk of non-vector transmission of Zika virus.https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0031zika virusemerging infectionmicrocephalyneurological complicationsexual transmissionvirus zikaporajajoča se okužbamikrocefalijanevrološki zapletispolni prenos |
| spellingShingle | Avšic Županc Tatjana Petrovec Miroslav Zika: an old virus with a new face Slovenian Journal of Public Health zika virus emerging infection microcephaly neurological complication sexual transmission virus zika porajajoča se okužba mikrocefalija nevrološki zapleti spolni prenos |
| title | Zika: an old virus with a new face |
| title_full | Zika: an old virus with a new face |
| title_fullStr | Zika: an old virus with a new face |
| title_full_unstemmed | Zika: an old virus with a new face |
| title_short | Zika: an old virus with a new face |
| title_sort | zika an old virus with a new face |
| topic | zika virus emerging infection microcephaly neurological complication sexual transmission virus zika porajajoča se okužba mikrocefalija nevrološki zapleti spolni prenos |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0031 |
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