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SUBMITTER: Lazear HM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4859708 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lazear Helen M HM Diamond Michael S MS
Journal of virology 20160429 10
Zika virus (ZIKV) had remained a relatively obscure flavivirus until a recent series of outbreaks accompanied by unexpectedly severe clinical complications brought this virus into the spotlight as causing an infection of global public health concern. In this review, we discuss the history and epidemiology of ZIKV infection, recent outbreaks in Oceania and the emergence of ZIKV in the Western Hemisphere, newly ascribed complications of ZIKV infection, including Guillain-Barré syndrome and microce ...[more]