| observations on dengue fever, benign protector and killer: a dr. jekyll and mr. hyde. | | 1969 | 4388466 |
| zika virus outside africa. | zika virus (zikv) is a flavivirus related to yellow fever, dengue, west nile, and japanese encephalitis viruses. in 2007 zikv caused an outbreak of relatively mild disease characterized by rash, arthralgia, and conjunctivitis on yap island in the southwestern pacific ocean. this was the first time that zikv was detected outside of africa and asia. the history, transmission dynamics, virology, and clinical manifestations of zikv disease are discussed, along with the possibility for diagnostic con ... | 2009 | 19788800 |
| genetic characterization of zika virus strains: geographic expansion of the asian lineage. | zika virus (zikv) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus distributed throughout much of africa and asia. infection with the virus may cause acute febrile illness that clinically resembles dengue fever. a recent study indicated the existence of three geographically distinct viral lineages; however this analysis utilized only a single viral gene. although zikv has been known to circulate in both africa and asia since at least the 1950s, little is known about the genetic relationships between geographicall ... | 2012 | 22389730 |
| [when some flaviviruses are throwing our certainties]. | during the past two decades, a number of mosquito-borne flaviviruses, mainly of african origin, have invaded new geographical areas where they have never been active. this was the case for the japanese encephalitis virus which reached the northeastern part of australia (1995) and, above all, for the west nile virus which, since 1999, entirely colonized the american continent. then, the usutu virus invaded a large part of the western europe (2001) while the zika virus caused a large epidemic in a ... | 2012 | 22923343 |
| genetic and serologic properties of zika virus associated with an epidemic, yap state, micronesia, 2007. | zika virus (zikv) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus first isolated in uganda from a sentinel monkey in 1947. mosquito and sentinel animal surveillance studies have demonstrated that zikv is endemic to africa and southeast asia, yet reported human cases are rare, with <10 cases reported in the literature. in june 2007, an epidemic of fever and rash associated with zikv was detected in yap state, federated states of micronesia. we report the genetic and serologic properties of the zikv associated wit ... | 2008 | 18680646 |