Zika Virus Net is the web resource for anyone interested in Zika virus. Zika virus (ZIKV) is an insect-borne virus, of the flavivirus genus, that is spread by Aedes mosquitoes. The most common symptoms of Zika virus disease (Zika) are fever, rash, joint pain, and red eye. The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting from several days to a week. Severe disease requiring hospitalization is uncommon. The symptoms of Zika are similar to those of dengue and chikungunya, which are diseases caused by other viruses spread by the same type of mosquitoes. Zika virus can be spread from a pregnant woman to her unborn baby. There have been reports of a serious birth defect of the brain called microcephaly and other poor pregnancy outcomes in babies of mothers who were infected with Zika virus while pregnant. On February 1st, 2016, the WHO declared the Zika outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). As of August 2017 the number of new Zika virus cases in the Americas had fallen dramatically.

The objectives of Zika Virus Net are to be the public and professional information resource for zika fever and to serve as a network in the exchange of information and news related to zika.

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  Fri, 20 Sep 2019 18:03 GMT
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  Tue, 03 Sep 2019 07:00 GMT
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  Sat, 21 Sep 2019 09:18 GMT
• Do You Still Need to Worry About Zika? - Health Essentials from Cleveland Clinic
  Thu, 12 Sep 2019 07:00 GMT
• Zika cluster in Serangoon Gardens: What you need to know about the virus - The Straits Times
  Tue, 17 Sep 2019 21:00 GMT
• Mosquito That Can Transmit Zika Discovered in Nebraska for First Time - Newsweek
  Wed, 11 Sep 2019 07:00 GMT
• Utah on Alert After Aedes aegypti Mosquito Carrying Zika Virus Found - News18
  Tue, 17 Sep 2019 05:23 GMT
• Nebraska officials say mosquito that can spread Zika, yellow fever found in state for first time - Fox News
  Wed, 11 Sep 2019 07:00 GMT
• Zika May Cause Damage in Adult Brains Too - Technology Networks
  Fri, 06 Sep 2019 07:00 GMT
• Whole-Blood Testing for Diagnosis of Zika Virus Infections - Medscape
  Fri, 06 Sep 2019 04:14 GMT
• Neuroimaging Abnormalities Common in Zika-Exposed Infants - Infectious Disease Advisor
  Wed, 28 Aug 2019 07:00 GMT
• Winter Is Coming: Modeling Seasonality Of Zika Virus - Forbes
  Mon, 02 Sep 2019 07:00 GMT
• Mosquito species that can carry Zika virus found in Nebraska for first time - Omaha World-Herald
  Wed, 11 Sep 2019 07:00 GMT
• Zika diagnostic test granted market authorization by FDA - Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
  Tue, 03 Sep 2019 07:00 GMT
• What you need to know about Zika, Health News & Top Stories - The Straits Times
  Thu, 19 Sep 2019 21:00 GMT

• PRO/AH/EDR> Invasive mosquitoes - USA (05): (NE, UT)
  Thu, 12 Sep 2019 13:28:54 -0400
  Other Human Disease -- United States
  A species of mosquito that can carry the Zika virus, dengue, yellow fever and chikungunya [viruses] has been identified in Nebraska for the 1st time, according to state health officials.
  On Tuesday [10 Sep 2019], the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) said it had documented _Aedes aegypti_ mosquitoes -- which are mainly found in tropical climates -- in York County, to the state's southeast.
  The mosquitoes were captured during an annual research mission -- conducted

• PARP-1 mediated cell death is directly activated by ZIKV infection.
  
• Extensive genomic recoding by codon-pair deoptimization selective for mammals is a flexible tool to generate attenuated vaccine candidates for dengue virus 2.
  
• High specificity and sensitivity of Zika EDIII-based ELISA diagnosis highlighted by a large human reference panel.
  
• Rapid Screening of Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes for Susceptibility to Insecticides as Part of Zika Emergency Response, Puerto Rico.