ALLMedicine™ Zika Virus Center

Dec 3rd, 2021 - In February 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the epidemic of the ZIKA virus (ZIKV) in Latin America to be a public health emergency. In Colombia, 11,944 pregnant women registered a ZIKV infection during the epidemic. So far, litt...

Nov 30th, 2021 - Aedes aegypti is the primary vector of Zika virus (ZIKV), a flavivirus which typically presents itself as febrile-like symptoms in humans but can also cause neurological and pregnancy complications. The transmission cycle of mosquito-borne arbovir...

Nov 29th, 2021 - The aim of this study was to investigate the role of middle cerebral artery (MCA) Doppler measurements for the prediction of abnormal neonatal outcomes in pregnancies affected by Zika virus (ZIKV). Secondary analysis of a prospective cohort of pre...

Nov 24th, 2021 - To describe oral manifestations in children born with microcephaly attributed to congenital Zika virus syndrome (CZS). Data was collected in semiannual intervals from 2017 to 2019, by oral exams of the children and interview with caregivers at a P...

Nov 24th, 2021 - In 2017, a major outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection took place in Chincha Province, Peru, where arboviral circulation had never been reported before. We conducted a cross-sectional survey (March-May 2019) in two districts of Chincha Province:...

Jun 14th, 2019 - Dengue and Zika viruses are closely related mosquitoborne flaviviruses with similar transmission cycles, distribution throughout the tropics and subtropics, and disease manifestations including fever, rash, myalgia, and arthralgia. For patients wi...

Aug 10th, 2018 - Zika virus infection can occur as a result of mosquitoborne or sexual transmission of the virus. Infection during pregnancy is a cause of fetal brain abnormalities and other serious birth defects (1,2). CDC has updated the interim guidance for men...

Nov 17th, 2021 - The FilmArray Global Fever (GF) Panel, developed by BioFire Defense in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Defense and NIAID, uses an automated, multiplex PCR system to evaluate whole blood samples for 19 pathogens simultaneously in under an...

Aug 27th, 2021 - This study is a single-center, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, Phase 1, dose de-escalation study to evaluate the safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of a purified inactivated, alum-adjuvanted ZIKV vaccine (ZPIV) administered...

Aug 19th, 2021 - The overall objective of this multisite, multicountry Zika in Infants and Pregnancy (ZIP) study is to assess the strength of the association between Zika virus infection (ZIKV) during pregnancy and adverse maternal/fetal outcomes and the risk of v...

Jul 28th, 2021 - Properties Anti-oxidant, vascular protector Inhibition of platelet aggregation, vasorelaxant , arterial relaxant Anti-hypertensive , especially by certain derivatives (quercetin-3-glucuronic acid) Nephroprotective in rats, protects against the nep...

Mar 4th, 2021 - Early reports of COVID-19 indicate that adults experience a variety of neurological symptoms and diagnoses in approximately 36% of patients, including headaches, seizures, coma, encephalitis, and cerebrovascular events including ischemic stroke, i...

Almost 4 years ago, I landed at CDC in the Injury Center in an unconventional way. I’ve always loved science, and specifically the interplay between the brain and human behavior. Luckily for me, I learned early on that the best scientists are ofte...

Nov 9th, 2021 - (Reuters) - At least 89 people, including 17 children, have tested positive for the Zika virus in a surge of cases in the Indian city of Kanpur, its health department said on Monday. First discovered in 1947, the mosquito-borne virus Zika virus re...

Oct 11th, 2021 - Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Merck applied to the FDA for emergency use authorization for molnupiravir, its oral antiviral, which the company developed in collaboration with Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, to treat COV...

Sep 16th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - At age 2 years and beyond, babies born with microcephaly after exposure to Zika virus in the womb often have more severe neurodevelopmental delays and slower growth rates than their peers, although neurodevelopmental pr...

Feb 19th, 2021 - A Zika virus vaccine candidate prompted antibody responses in 80% of individuals who received two doses in a phase 1 study. Although Zika cases have declined in recent years, "geographic expansion of the Aedes aegypti mosquito to areas where popul...