Zika virus: lessons learned in Brazil

Jose Luiz Proenca-Modena¹, Guilherme Paier Milanez², Maria Laura Costa³, Carla C Judice⁴, Fabio Trindade Maranhão Costa⁵

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¹ Laboratory of Emerging Viruses, Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: jlmodena@unicamp.br.
² Laboratory of Emerging Viruses, Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Laboratory of Tropical Diseases, Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁵ Laboratory of Tropical Diseases, Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: costaftm@unicamp.br.

PMID: 29501560
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2018.02.008

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Zika virus: lessons learned in Brazil

Jose Luiz Proenca-Modena et al. Microbes Infect. 2018 Dec.

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. 2018 Dec;20(11-12):661-669.

doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2018.02.008. Epub 2018 Mar 6.

Authors

Jose Luiz Proenca-Modena¹, Guilherme Paier Milanez², Maria Laura Costa³, Carla C Judice⁴, Fabio Trindade Maranhão Costa⁵

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Emerging Viruses, Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: jlmodena@unicamp.br.
² Laboratory of Emerging Viruses, Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Laboratory of Tropical Diseases, Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁵ Laboratory of Tropical Diseases, Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: costaftm@unicamp.br.

PMID: 29501560
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2018.02.008

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.

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