Journal article
Zika Virus
The New England journal of medicine, Vol.374(16), pp.1552-1563
04/21/2016
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1602113
PMID: 27355409
Abstract
IN 1947, A STUDY OF YELLOW FEVER YIELDED THE FIRST ISOLATION OF A NEW virus, from the blood of a sentinel rhesus macaque that had been placed in the Zika Forest of Uganda.(1) Zika virus remained in relative obscurity for nearly 70 years; then, within the span of just 1 year, Zika virus was introduced into Brazil from the Pacific Islands and spread rapidly throughout the Americas.(2) It became the first major infectious disease linked to human birth defects to be discovered in more than half a century and created such global alarm that the World Health Organization (WHO) would declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.(3) This review describes the current understanding of the epidemiology, transmission, clinical characteristics, and diagnosis of Zika virus infection, as well as the future outlook with regard to this disease.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Zika Virus
- Creators
- Lyle R. Petersen - Vector (United States)Denise J. Jamieson - Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Natl Ctr Chron Dis Prevent & Hlth Promot, Div Reprod Hlth, Atlanta, GA USAAnn M. Powers - Vector (United States)Margaret A. Honein - Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Natl Ctr Birth Defects & Dev Disabil, Div Congenital & Dev Disorders, Atlanta, GA USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The New England journal of medicine, Vol.374(16), pp.1552-1563
- DOI
- 10.1056/NEJMra1602113
- PMID
- 27355409
- NLM abbreviation
- N Engl J Med
- ISSN
- 0028-4793
- eISSN
- 1533-4406
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Soc
- Number of pages
- 12
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/21/2016
- Academic Unit
- Obstetrics and Gynecology; VPMA - Administration
- Record Identifier
- 9984446526502771
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