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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  Mon, 27 Jul 2020 07:00 GMT
• Drug reduces zika virus replication and protects developing mouse pups - Drug Target Review
  Tue, 21 Jul 2020 07:00 GMT
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  Tue, 07 Jul 2020 07:00 GMT
• Estimation of mosquito-borne and sexual transmission of Zika virus in Australia: Risks to blood transfusion safety. - Physician's Weekly
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• Climate change may push Zika virus into southern and eastern Europe - New Scientist News
  Wed, 08 Jul 2020 07:00 GMT
• Kephera Diagnostics Wins $2M SBIR Grant From NIAID to Develop Zika Virus Antibody Test - 360Dx
  Thu, 23 Jul 2020 07:00 GMT

• PRO/AH/EDR> Zika virus (04): Americas, Asia, research, comment
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  Zika virus -- Worldwide/Unknown
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  [4] African lineage comes to Brazil
  Date: Mon 1 Jun 2020
  Source: Int J Infect Dis. 96:579-581 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.05.090 [edited]
  
  ref: Kasprzykowski JI, Fukutani KF, Fabio H, et al. A recursive sub-typing screening surveillance

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• Infectious disease, public health, and politics: United States response to Ebola and Zika.
  
• Immune outcomes of Zika virus infection in nonhuman primates.
  
• A Zika virus envelope mutation preceding the 2015 epidemic enhances virulence and fitness for transmission.