Jun 18, 2018
By Joshua Anzinger, University Of the West Indies, Kingston – Jamaica
The poster was presented at the 2nd International Conference on Zika Virus and Aedes Related Infections in Tallinn, Estonia on June 14th – 17th 2018.
The four EU-funded ZIKA consortia participated and presented their research findings at the International Symposium on Zika Virus Research, held in Marseille, France, between 4 and 6 June 2018.
Jun 06, 2018
By CD Christie, C Thorne, J Anzinger, H Bailey, et al.
Poster presented at the International Symposium on Zika Virus Research, held in Marseille – France, on June 4th – 6th 2018
By Asturias EJ. The continental epidemic of Zika virus that spread like wildfire from Brazil in 2015, leaving 5676 symptomatic Zika cases reported in the US mainland and 37 190 cases in its territories, has become almost extinct in 2018.1 In these past 2 years, the scientific and public health communities have learned several invaluable lessons for… Read More »
May 29, 2018
By Read JS, Torres-Velasquez B, Lorenzi O, et al.
This study represents the largest study to date of ZIKV infection in the pediatric population. Most children infected with ZIKV had fever, rash, and conjunctival hyperemia. The children usually presented for evaluation at fewer than 3 days after the onset of symptoms. Viral loads for ZIKV were higher in serum vs urine specimens. Median viral loads in serum specimens differed significantly according to the number of days after the onset of symptoms.
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By Delatorre E, Miranda M, et al. Descriptive clinical data help to reveal factors that may provoke Zika virus (ZIKV) neuropathology. The case of a 24-year-old female with a ZIKV-associated severe acute neurological disorder was studied. The levels of ZIKV in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were 50 times higher than the levels in other compartments. An acute… Read More »
May 04, 2018
By Giovanetti M, Goes de Jesus J, Lima de Maia M, Junior JX, et al.
On the basis of the upsurge in the number of newborns with neurologic disorders in the northeast, in November 2015 the Brazilian Ministry of Health declared a public health emergency of national concern. On the basis of evidence for a potential association between microcephaly and other neurologic disorders and Zika virus (ZIKV) infection, the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international concern on 1 February 2016. Here we report genetic evidence of ZIKV RNA in the mother’s breast milk and in the serum and urine of a newborn with severe congenital defects.
Published in: Clin Microbiol Infect. 2018 Oct;24(10):1111-1112.
Registrations are now open for the international conference on Zika Virus to be held in Marseille, France, next June. The event – organized by the EU-funded ZIKAlliance project in collaboration with three other EU-funded Zika projects (ZikaPLAN, ZIKAction, and ZIKAVAX) and the European Society for Virology – will take place at the Faculty of Medicine La Timone.
In this second issue of the joint EU funded ZIKA Consortia newsletter, we are excited to share some of our activities, publications and meetings since our last joint newsletter. We hope you find it interesting!
Feb 15, 2018
By Azeredo EL, Dos Santos FB, et al.
The current triple epidemic caused by dengue, zika and chikungunya constitutes a serious health problem in Brazil. The aim of this study was to investigate acute samples (up to the 7 days of symptoms) from patients presenting acute fever syndrome suspected as arboviral infection and characterize the clinical and laboratorial profile during the co-circulation of dengue, zika and chikungunya in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), midwest region of Brazil.
Published in: PLoS Curr. 2018 Feb 15;10.
