Advanced understandings for Zika virus
Journal of the Korean Medical Association
;
: 443-451, 2016.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-224835
ABSTRACT
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arthropod-borne member of the genus Flavivirus, closely related to the dengue, West Nile, Japanese encephalitis, and yellow fever viruses and is transmitted by Aedes spp. mosquitoes. It has emerged explosively since 2007 to cause a series of epidemics in Micronesia, the South Pacific, and most recently the Americas. Following the first detection of ZIKV on the American continent, autochthonous ZIKV transmission has been confirmed throughout Central and South America. The unprecedented numbers of people infected during recent outbreaks in the South Pacific and the Americas may have resulted in enough ZIKV infections to notice patterns of the associated incidence of congenital microcephaly, Gillain-Barre symdrome, and acute diffuse encephalomyelitis. Here we review the history, emergence, biology, transmission, and control strategies for the ongoing outbreak through vector-centric approaches on ZIKV to date.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Arboviruses
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South America
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Yellow fever virus
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Biology
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Americas
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Incidence
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Disease Outbreaks
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Encephalitis, Japanese
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Aedes
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Dengue
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Prognostic study
Country/Region as subject:
South America
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Medical Association
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
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