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SUBMITTER: Dowall SD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4858159 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dowall Stuart D SD Graham Victoria A VA Rayner Emma E Atkinson Barry B Hall Graham G Watson Robert J RJ Bosworth Andrew A Bonney Laura C LC Kitchen Samantha S Hewson Roger R
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20160505 5
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen which has recently spread beyond Africa and into Pacific and South American regions. Despite first being detected in 1947, very little information is known about the virus, and its spread has been associated with increases in Guillain-Barre syndrome and microcephaly. There are currently no known vaccines or antivirals against ZIKV infection. Progress in assessing interventions will require the development of animal models to test efficacies; however ...[more]