Zika Virus Net is the web resource for anyone interested in Zika virus. Zika virus (ZIKV) is an insect-borne virus, of the flavivirus genus, that is spread by Aedes mosquitoes. The most common symptoms of Zika virus disease (Zika) are fever, rash, joint pain, and red eye. The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting from several days to a week. Severe disease requiring hospitalization is uncommon. The symptoms of Zika are similar to those of dengue and chikungunya, which are diseases caused by other viruses spread by the same type of mosquitoes. Zika virus can be spread from a pregnant woman to her unborn baby. There have been reports of a serious birth defect of the brain called microcephaly and other poor pregnancy outcomes in babies of mothers who were infected with Zika virus while pregnant. On February 1st, 2016, the WHO declared the Zika outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). As of August 2017 the number of new Zika virus cases in the Americas had fallen dramatically.

The objectives of Zika Virus Net are to be the public and professional information resource for zika fever and to serve as a network in the exchange of information and news related to zika.

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• Why Zika virus caused most harmful brain damage to Brazilian newborns: Findings help explain why microcephaly cases less common in other Zika outbreaks - Science Daily
  Tue, 18 Feb 2020 08:00 GMT
• Lessons learned from addressing myths about Zika and yellow fever outbreaks in Brazil - Medical Xpress
  Thu, 27 Feb 2020 21:14 GMT
• Taiwan reports first imported case of Zika infection for 2020 - Focus Taiwan News Channel
  Tue, 25 Feb 2020 11:50 GMT
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  Thu, 30 Jan 2020 08:00 GMT
• Hospital-Based Travel Screening to Assess Zika Exposure - Medscape
  Mon, 03 Feb 2020 17:42 GMT
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  Tue, 11 Feb 2020 08:00 GMT
• History shows stocks typically rebound from disease outbreaks before long - CNBC
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  Thu, 06 Feb 2020 06:00 GMT
• Tampa pastor says he will cure Florida of coronavirus, just like he did with Zika - Creative Loafing Tampa
  Wed, 26 Feb 2020 21:32 GMT

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• RNA-Dependent Structures of the RNA-Binding Loop in the Flavivirus NS3 Helicase.
  
• A Simple Method for the Design and Development of Flavivirus NS1 Recombinant Proteins Using an In Silico Approach.
  
• Mosquito-borne viral diseases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a review.
  
• Complete Protection in Macaques Conferred by Purified Inactivated Zika Vaccine: Defining a Correlate of Protection.
  
• BPIFB3 regulates ER morphology to facilitate flavivirus replication.