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SUBMITTER: Scotto G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10820182 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scotto Gaetano G Massa Salvatore S Spirito Francesca F Fazio Vincenzina V
Life (Basel, Switzerland) 20231228 1
The progressive reappearance of Zika virus (ZIKV) infections since October 2013 and its circulation in >70 countries and territories (from French Polynesia to Brazil and other countries in the Americas, with sporadic spread in Europe and the East) has long been reported as a global public health emergency. ZIKV is a virus transmitted by arthropods (arboviruses), mainly by Aedes mosquitoes. ZIKV can also be transmitted to humans through mechanisms other than vector infection such as sexual interc ...[more]