Titre
Zika virus: what do we know?
Type
éditorial
Institution
UNIL/CHUV/Unisanté + institutions partenaires
Périodique
Auteur(s)
Musso, D.
Auteure/Auteur
Baud, D.
Auteure/Auteur
Gubler, D.J.
Auteure/Auteur
Liens vers les personnes
Liens vers les unités
ISSN
1469-0691
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2016-06
Volume
22
Numéro
6
Première page
494
Dernière page/numéro d’article
496
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Editorial
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
The global spread of epidemic Zika virus (ZIKV) began in Micronesia in 2007, followed by epidemics in French Polynesia in 2013-14, other South Pacific islands in 2014-15, and the Americas in 2015-16. A dramatic increase in severe congenital malformations (microcephaly) potentially associated with ZIKV in Brazil, combined with the rapid geographical spread, led the World Health Organization to declare ZIKV epidemic a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Although ZIKV was first isolated nearly 70 years ago, very little is known about the biology, epidemiology and clinical manifestations because transmission has been sporadic and silent for most of that time. Here we review what is and is not known about ZIKV, with emphasis on the gaps in knowledge about ZIKV and the possible inaccurate assumptions made based on what we know about related viruses.
PID Serval
serval:BIB_6648E7957A5F
PMID
Open Access
Oui
Date de création
2016-04-19T16:15:49.518Z
Date de création dans IRIS
2025-05-20T22:21:15Z