Zika virus: lessons learned in Brazil
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2018.02.008
Zika virus: lessons learned in Brazil
Abstract
Zika virus (ZIKV) greatly impacted the international scientific and public health communities in the last two years due to its association with microcephaly and other neonatal alterations. This review will discuss lessons learned from viral pathogenesis, epidemiology and clinical findings observed during the ZIKV outbreak occurred between 2014 and 2016 in Brazil.
Keywords: Arboviruses; Brazil; Epidemics setting; Pathogenesis; Transmission; Zika virus.
Copyright © 2018 Institut Pasteur. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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