Browsing by Author "United States of America. National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases"
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Local Transmission of Zika Virus - Puerto Rico, November 23, 2015-January 28, 2016
Thomas, Dana L.; Sharp, Tyler M.; Torres, Jomil; et al. (2016-06)Zika virus, a mosquito-borne flavivirus, spread to the Region of the Americas (Americas) in mid-2015, and appears to be related to congenital microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (1,2). On February 1, 2016, the World ... -
Notes from the Field: Evidence of Zika Virus Infection in Brain and Placental Tissues from Two Congenitally Infected Newborns and Two Fetal Losses - Brazil, 2015
Martines, Roosecelis Brasil; Bhatnagar, Julu; Keating, M. Kelly; et al. (2016-06)Zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that is related to dengue virus and transmitted primarily by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, with humans acting as the principal amplifying host during outbreaks. Zika virus was first ...