Publications
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| ocular findings in infants with microcephaly associated with presumed zika virus congenital infection in salvador, brazil. | the zika virus (zikv) has rapidly reached epidemic proportions, especially in northeastern brazil, and has rapidly spread to other parts of the americas. a recent increase in the prevalence of microcephaly in newborn infants and vision-threatening findings in these infants is likely associated with the rapid spread of zikv. | 2016 | 26865554 |
| zika virus infection and the eye. | 2016 | 26865476 | |
| a crucial time for public health preparedness: zika virus and the 2016 olympics, umrah, and hajj. | 2016 | 26864962 | |
| severe eye damage in infants with microcephaly is presumed to be due to zika virus. | 2016 | 26864344 | |
| zika virus infection in a massachusetts resident after travel to costa rica: a case report. | 2016 | 26864175 | |
| zika virus associated with microcephaly. | a widespread epidemic of zika virus (zikv) infection was reported in 2015 in south and central america and the caribbean. a major concern associated with this infection is the apparent increased incidence of microcephaly in fetuses born to mothers infected with zikv. in this report, we describe the case of an expectant mother who had a febrile illness with rash at the end of the first trimester of pregnancy while she was living in brazil. ultrasonography performed at 29 weeks of gestation reveal ... | 2016 | 26862926 |
| zika virus and microcephaly. | 2016 | 26862812 | |
| zika virus. | essential facts zika virus disease is caused by a virus that is transmitted by the aedes mosquito. while it generally causes a mild illness, there is increasing concern that it is harmful in pregnancy and can cause congenital abnormalities in infants born to women infected with the virus. there is no antiviral treatment or vaccine currently available. the best form of prevention is protection against mosquito bites. | 2016 | 26860150 |
| healthcare staff encouraged to warn patients of the risks of the zika virus. | healthcare workers in primary care should inform pregnant women of the risks associated with the zika virus if they are travelling to affected countries. | 2016 | 26860137 |
| zika virus infection. | 2016 | 26858352 | |
| cdc updates zika virus guidance to protect pregnant women. | 2016 | 26858259 | |
| time for global action on zika virus epidemic. | 2016 | 26856896 | |
| rapid spread of zika virus in the americas--implications for public health preparedness for mass gatherings at the 2016 brazil olympic games. | mass gatherings at major international sporting events put millions of international travelers and local host-country residents at risk of acquiring infectious diseases, including locally endemic infectious diseases. the mosquito-borne zika virus (zikv) has recently aroused global attention due to its rapid spread since its first detection in may 2015 in brazil to 22 other countries and other territories in the americas. the zikv outbreak in brazil, has also been associated with a significant ri ... | 2016 | 26854199 |
| identification of zika virus vectors and implications for control. | 2016 | 26852727 | |
| concern over zika virus grips the world. | 2016 | 26852261 | |
| el niño and climate change--contributing factors in the dispersal of zika virus in the americas? | 2016 | 26850984 | |
| zika virus: a new chapter in the history of medicine. | 2016 | 26849748 | |
| zika virus outbreak in the americas: the need for novel mosquito control methods. | 2016 | 26848089 | |
| zika virus was transmitted by sexual contact in texas, health officials report. | 2016 | 26848011 | |
| zika virus: brazil's surge in small-headed babies questioned by report. | 2016 | 26842033 | |
| uk is safe from zika virus and is helping towards a vaccine, mps hear. | 2016 | 26842604 | |
| zika virus: a new global threat for 2016. | 2016 | 26841979 | |
| zika virus-related hypertensive iridocyclitis. | 2016 | 26840174 | |
| ophthalmological findings in infants with microcephaly and presumable intra-uterus zika virus infection. | in 2015, a twenty-fold increase in the prevalence of microcephaly in brazil was reported, and the ministry of health associated this abnormal prevalence with the maternal-fetal zika virus (zikv) transmission. | 2016 | 26840156 |
| zika virus is a global public health emergency, declares who. | 2016 | 26839247 | |
| questions your patients may have about zika virus. | 2016 | 26839177 | |
| zika virus: rapid spread in the western hemisphere. | 2016 | 26832396 | |
| zika virus: emergence and emergency. | 2016 | 26824625 | |
| interim guidelines for the evaluation and testing of infants with possible congenital zika virus infection - united states, 2016. | cdc has developed interim guidelines for health care providers in the united states who are caring for infants born to mothers who traveled to or resided in an area with zika virus transmission during pregnancy. these guidelines include recommendations for the testing and management of these infants. guidance is subject to change as more information becomes available; the latest information, including answers to commonly asked questions, can be found online (http://www.cdc.gov/zika). pediatric h ... | 2016 | 26820387 |
| zika virus spreads to new areas - region of the americas, may 2015-january 2016. | zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that was first identified in uganda in 1947 (1). before 2007, only sporadic human disease cases were reported from countries in africa and asia. in 2007, the first documented outbreak of zika virus disease was reported in yap state, federated states of micronesia; 73% of the population aged ≥3 years is estimated to have been infected (2). subsequent outbreaks occurred in southeast asia and the western pacific (3). in may 2015, the world health organizati ... | 2016 | 26820163 |
| zika virus outbreaks prompt warnings to pregnant women. | 2016 | 26813766 | |
| sixty seconds on . . . zika virus. | 2016 | 26812929 | |
| jamaica advises women to avoid pregnancy as zika virus approaches. | 2016 | 26796917 | |
| interim guidelines for pregnant women during a zika virus outbreak--united states, 2016. | cdc has developed interim guidelines for health care providers in the united states caring for pregnant women during a zika virus outbreak. these guidelines include recommendations for pregnant women considering travel to an area with zika virus transmission and recommendations for screening, testing, and management of pregnant returning travelers. updates on areas with ongoing zika virus transmission are available online (http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/). health care providers should ask a ... | 2016 | 26796813 |
| zika virus outbreak prompts us to issue travel alert to pregnant women. | 2016 | 26783242 | |
| zika virus in brazil and macular atrophy in a child with microcephaly. | 2016 | 26775125 | |
| zika virus genome from the americas. | 2016 | 26775124 | |
| first us case of zika virus infection is identified in texas. | 2016 | 26762624 | |
| zika virus in the americas--yet another arbovirus threat. | 2016 | 26761185 | |
| zika virus intrauterine infection causes fetal brain abnormality and microcephaly: tip of the iceberg? | 2016 | 26731034 | |
| zika virus: high infectious viral load in semen, a new sexually transmitted pathogen? | 2016 | 26949027 | |
| zika virus and guillain-barré syndrome: another viral cause to add to the list. | 2016 | 26948432 | |
| science committee calls on government to build zika virus evidence base. | 2016 | 26948207 | |
| etiological agents of microcephaly: implications for diagnosis during the current zika virus epidemic. | 2016 | 26947268 | |
| [the zika virus out of america]. | 2016 | 26947169 | |
| [guillain-barré syndrome due to zika virus during pregnancy]. | 2016 | 26947168 | |
| acute myelitis due to zika virus infection. | 2016 | 26946926 | |
| zika virus infection in semen: a call to action and research. | 2016 | 26945753 | |
| zika virus: a new threat from mosquitoes. | 2016 | 26944581 | |
| zika virus infection in french polynesia. | 2016 | 26944027 | |
| zika virus may be linked to several birth defects, expert warns. | 2016 | 26940642 | |
| zika fever and congenital zika syndrome: an unexpected emerging arboviral disease. | unlike its mosquito-borne relatives, such as dengue, west nile, and japanese encephalitis viruses, which can cause severe human diseases, zika virus (zikv) has emerged from obscurity by its association with a suspected "congenital zika syndrome", while causing asymptomatic or mild exanthematous febrile infections which are dengue- or rubella-like in infected individuals. despite having been discovered in uganda for almost 60 years, <20 human cases were reported before 2007. the massive epidemics ... | 2016 | 26940504 |
| zika virus association with microcephaly: the power for population statistics to identify public health emergencies. | 2016 | 26940218 | |
| an autochthonous case of zika due to possible sexual transmission, florence, italy, 2014. | we report a case of zika virus infection imported in florence, italy ex-thailand, leading to a secondary autochthonous case, probably through sexual transmission. the two cases occurred in may 2014 but were retrospectively diagnosed in 2016 on the basis of serological tests (plaque reduction neutralisation) performed on stored serum samples. our report provides further evidence that sexual transmission of zika virus is possible. | 2016 | 26939607 |
| zika virus infection among u.s. pregnant travelers - august 2015-february 2016. | after reports of microcephaly and other adverse pregnancy outcomes in infants of mothers infected with zika virus during pregnancy, cdc issued a travel alert on january 15, 2016, advising pregnant women to consider postponing travel to areas with active transmission of zika virus. on january 19, cdc released interim guidelines for u.s. health care providers caring for pregnant women with travel to an affected area, and an update was released on february 5. as of february 17, cdc had received rep ... | 2016 | 26938703 |
| transmission of zika virus through sexual contact with travelers to areas of ongoing transmission - continental united states, 2016. | zika virus is a flavivirus closely related to dengue, west nile, and yellow fever viruses. although spread is primarily by aedes species mosquitoes, two instances of sexual transmission of zika virus have been reported, and replicative virus has been isolated from semen of one man with hematospermia. on february 5, 2016, cdc published recommendations for preventing sexual transmission of zika virus. updated prevention guidelines were published on february 23. during february 6-22, 2016, cdc rece ... | 2016 | 26937739 |
| study links zika virus to guillain-barré syndrome. | 2016 | 26932976 | |
| zika virus update. | 2016 | 26927699 | |
| zika virus outbreak in brazil. | zika virus (zikv) infection is spreading rapidly within the americas after originating from an outbreak in brazil. we describe the current zikv infection epidemic in brazil and the neurological symptoms arising. first cases of an acute exanthematic disease were reported in brazil's northeast region at the end of 2014. in march 2015, autochthonous zikv was determined to be the causative agent of the exanthematic disease. as cases of neurological syndromes in regions where zikv, dengue and/or chik ... | 2016 | 26927450 |
| zikatracker: a mobile app for reporting cases of zikv worldwide. | we have developed a mobile app called zikatracker (zikatracker.net) to voluntarily be used to report zikv cases on a public or private level. as the zika virus (zikv) infection zones are rapidly expanding across south, central, and north america, and reports have emerged linking zikv infection with developmental defects and neurological sequelae, reporting the movement and sequelae of zikv is essential. zikatracker is a multi-lingual app (english, french, spanish, and portuguese) freely availabl ... | 2016 | 26927449 |
| zika virus and neurological disease--approaches to the unknown. | 2016 | 26923117 | |
| intrauterine zika virus infection and microcephaly: correlation of perinatal imaging and three-dimensional virtual physical models. | 2016 | 26923098 | |
| transmission potential of zika virus infection in the south pacific. | zika virus has spread internationally through countries in the south pacific and americas. the present study aimed to estimate the basic reproduction number, r0, of zika virus infection as a measurement of the transmission potential, reanalyzing past epidemic data from the south pacific. | 2016 | 26923081 |
| zika virus: a little less speculation, a little more action. | 2016 | 26922439 | |
| neurological expertise is essential for zika virus infection. | 2016 | 26922438 | |
| zika virus and microcephaly in brazil: a scientific agenda. | 2016 | 26921913 | |
| prolonged detection of zika virus rna in urine samples during the ongoing zika virus epidemic in brazil. | 2016 | 26921737 | |
| zika virus. | 2016 | 26921241 | |
| us health officials investigate sexually transmitted zika virus infections. | 2016 | 26921165 | |
| zika virus: management of infection and risk. | 2016 | 26920038 | |
| immunological evidence of zika virus transmission in thailand. | to identify immunological evidence of zika virus transmission in thailand. | 2016 | 26919943 |
| zika virus infection during pregnancy: what, where, and why? | 2016 | 26917636 | |
| is south africa at risk for zika virus disease? | 2016 | 26915933 | |
| update: interim guidelines for health care providers caring for infants and children with possible zika virus infection--united states, february 2016. | cdc has updated its interim guidelines for u.s. health care providers caring for infants born to mothers who traveled to or resided in areas with zika virus transmission during pregnancy and expanded guidelines to include infants and children with possible acute zika virus disease. this update contains a new recommendation for routine care for infants born to mothers who traveled to or resided in areas with zika virus transmission during pregnancy but did not receive zika virus testing, when the ... | 2016 | 26914500 |
| zika virus: an international emergency? | this viewpoint discusses the world health organization's declaration on 1 february 2016 that the epidemic infection caused by the zika virus is a public health emergency of international concern - the basis of the decision and controversy surrounding it. | 2016 | 26911655 |
| zika virus disease: a public health emergency of international concern. | the emergence of zika virus disease (zikv) in the americas, mainly brazil, has required the world health organization to take action to halt the spread of the virus by implementing preventive measures. this has resulted in increased surveillance of the virus and its potential complications. in the uk, cases of zikv have been reported in returning travellers. with the importance of this disease increasing, it is vital that nurses and other health professionals take the time to learn about zikv in ... | 2016 | 26911164 |
| epidemic of zika virus and maxillofacial surgery. | zika is a rna virus spread by the ubiquitous aedes mosquitoes. it was first discovered in uganda in 1947, and arrived in south-east asia by the middle of the 20th century. in 2014 the virus started to spread across the pacific islands to reach south america. since then it has spread rapidly northwards, and reached mexico and the caribbean in november 2015. clinically it presents as a self-limiting febrile illness. however, there is increasing evidence of a link between zika virus and the guillai ... | 2016 | 26907929 |
| emerging zika virus disease: a public health emergency of global concern. | infectious diseases remain a leading source of human morbidity and mortality. recently, emerging infectious diseases are dominated by zoonoses, and eventually rising considerably. their emergence is dependent on various factors especially, socioeconomic, environmental and ecological factors etc. recently, the swift spread of zika virus (zikv) through the americas, simultaneously with the association of infection with microcephaly and guillain-barré syndrome, has strained this previously overlook ... | 2016 | 28466030 |
| zika virus infection: an emerging disease the dermatologist must know about. | 2016 | 27255550 | |
| engineering paper-based sensors for zika virus. | the emergence of zika virus (zikv) infections in latin america and southeast asia has created an urgent need for new, simple, yet sensitive, diagnostic tests. we highlight recent work using paper-based sensors coupled with crispr/cas9 to detect zikv rna as a new approach to achieve rapid development and deployment of field-ready diagnostics for emerging infectious diseases. | 2016 | 27255410 |
| zika virus, microcephaly, and ocular findings. | 2016 | 27254835 | |
| letter to the editor: specificity of zika virus elisa: interference with malaria. | 2016 | 27254259 | |
| zika virus, microcephaly, and ocular findings-reply. | 2016 | 27253432 | |
| zika virus, microcephaly, and ocular findings-reply. | 2016 | 27253365 | |
| zika virus, microcephaly, and ocular findings. | 2016 | 27253205 | |
| zika virus infection and surgery: what should we be concerned about? | 2016 | 27249094 | |
| possible zika virus infection among pregnant women - united states and territories, may 2016. | zika virus is a cause of microcephaly and brain abnormalities (1), and it is the first known mosquito-borne infection to cause congenital anomalies in humans. the establishment of a comprehensive surveillance system to monitor pregnant women with zika virus infection will provide data to further elucidate the full range of potential outcomes for fetuses and infants of mothers with asymptomatic and symptomatic zika virus infection during pregnancy. in february 2016, zika virus disease and congeni ... | 2016 | 27248295 |
| zika virus infects human placental macrophages. | the recent zika virus (zikv) outbreak in brazil has been directly linked to increased cases of microcephaly in newborns. current evidence indicates that zikv is transmitted vertically from mother to fetus. however, the mechanism of intrauterine transmission and the cell types involved remain unknown. we demonstrate that the contemporary zikv strain prvabc59 (pr 2015) infects and replicates in primary human placental macrophages, called hofbauer cells, and to a lesser extent in cytotrophoblasts, ... | 2016 | 27247001 |
| zika virus: what clinicians need to know. | 2016 | 27236867 | |
| zika virus infection: current concerns and perspectives. | the zika virus outbreaks highlight the growing importance need for a reliable, specific and rapid diagnostic device to detect zika virus, as it is often recognized as a mild disease without being identified. many zika virus infection cases have been misdiagnosed or underreported because of the non-specific clinical presentation. the aim of this review was to provide a critical and comprehensive overview of the published peer-reviewed evidence related to clinical presentations, various diagnostic ... | 2016 | 27236440 |
| expanded spectrum of congenital ocular findings in microcephaly with presumed zika infection. | to describe the ocular findings of 3 cases of suspected congenital zika viral infection with microcephaly and maculopathy. | 2016 | 27236271 |
| nucleoside inhibitors of zika virus. | there is growing evidence that zika virus (zikv) can cause devastating infant brain defects and other neurological disorders in humans. however, no specific antiviral therapy is available at present. we tested a series of 2'-c- or 2'-o-methyl-substituted nucleosides, 2'-c-fluoro-2'-c-methyl-substituted nucleosides, 3'-o-methyl-substituted nucleosides, 3'-deoxynucleosides, derivatives with 4'-c-azido substitution, heterobase-modified nucleosides, and neplanocins for their ability to inhibit zikv ... | 2016 | 27234417 |
| challenges of zika virus infection in pregnant women. | 2016 | 27232529 | |
| patterns in zika virus testing and infection, by report of symptoms and pregnancy status - united states, january 3-march 5, 2016. | cdc recommends zika virus testing for potentially exposed persons with signs or symptoms consistent with zika virus disease, and recommends that health care providers offer testing to asymptomatic pregnant women within 12 weeks of exposure. during january 3-march 5, 2016, zika virus testing was performed for 4,534 persons who traveled to or moved from areas with active zika virus transmission; 3,335 (73.6%) were pregnant women. among persons who received testing, 1,541 (34.0%) reported at least ... | 2016 | 27101541 |
| knowledge regarding zika virus infection among dental practitioners of tricity area (chandigarh, panchkula and mohali), india. | zika virus (zikv), a vector-borne virus affecting a large number of people, has today become a major public health concern in the developed and developing countries worldwide. | 2016 | 27098947 |
| zika virus: what nurses need to know. | 2016 | 27096910 | |
| zika virus and maxillofacial surgery. | 2016 | 27094497 | |
| public health authorities race to contain fast-moving zika outbreak. | with the zika virus disease spreading rapidly through latin america, public health authorities in the united states are racing to contain the outbreak. by the end of february, the cdc had confirmed 147 zika cases in u.s. residents who had traveled to zika-endemic areas. while symptoms of zika tend to be mild, the virus has been linked to serious birth defects, so public health efforts are focused primarily at mitigating the risk zika poses to pregnant women. by mid-february, nine pregnant women ... | 2016 | 27093766 |
| zika virus, emergencies, uncertainty and vulnerable populations. | 2016 | 27092361 | |
| emergency contraception in a public health emergency: exploring pharmacy availability in brazil. | dedicated progestin-only emergency contraceptive pills (ecps) have been available with a prescription in brazil since 1999. however, utilization of emergency contraception has been limited. we conducted a mystery client study at retail pharmacies in three regions to assess current availability. | 2016 | 27091724 |