scholarly journals Zika virus endemic challenges during COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullahi Tunde Aborode ◽  
Mahnoor Sukaina ◽  
Harendra Kumar ◽  
Tahreem Farooqui ◽  
Samar Faheem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Zika Virus ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
Tropical Region ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
High Transmission ◽  
Endemic Diseases ◽  
Virus Surveillance

AbstractZika virus remains endemic and opportunistic of high transmission in the tropical region of Africa, and the repeated cases of the Zika virus in Africa made it public health emergency in 2016. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the catastrophic cases of unknown and unreported deaths overwhelming the region of Africa could not give health attention to respond to other endemic diseases. Here, we present the possible complication and challenges associated with the Zika virus in Africa and COVID-19 predominance, shifting the attention from the Zika virus surveillance. This paper determines to enlighten the reader about the situation, the efforts to curb the transmission of both the Zika virus and the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the report recommends sustainable solutions that can lessen the threat to public health.

scholarly journals South-east Asian Zika virus strain linked to cluster of cases in Singapore, August 2016

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (38) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Maurer-Stroh ◽  
Tze-Minn Mak ◽  
Yi-Kai Ng ◽  
Shiau-Pheng Phuah ◽  
Roland G Huber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Virus Strain ◽  
Zika Virus ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Genome Sequences ◽  
First Case ◽  
Large Outbreak

Zika virus (ZIKV) is an ongoing global public health emergency with 70 countries and territories reporting evidence of ZIKV transmission since 2015. On 27 August 2016, Singapore reported its first case of local ZIKV transmission and identified an ongoing cluster. Here, we report the genome sequences of ZIKV strains from two cases and find through phylogenetic analysis that these strains form an earlier branch distinct from the recent large outbreak in the Americas.

scholarly journals Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings in infants with microcephaly potentially related to congenital Zika virus infection

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aníbal Araujo Alves Peixoto Filho ◽  
Simone Baltar de Freitas ◽  
Márcio Morikoshi Ciosaki ◽  
Lourenço Nogueira e Oliveira ◽  
Onildo Tavares dos Santos Júnior
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Zika Virus ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Imaging Characteristics ◽  
Pictorial Essay

Abstract The recent association between the increase in the number of neonates with microcephaly in northeastern Brazil and the outbreak of infection with the Zika virus, which has been occurring in the Americas, has been declared a public health emergency of international concern. The evidence that implicates the virus as the cause of this public health emergency has been demonstrated ever more consistently. This pictorial essay illustrates the imaging characteristics seen on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scans of infants admitted to a rehabilitation hospital with a diagnosis of microcephaly and a maternal history of rash during pregnancy.

scholarly journals Immunological Assays used to Support Efficacy of Zika Virus Vaccines

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Kenneth H. Eckels ◽  
Rafael A. De La Barrera ◽  
Joseph Robert Putnak
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Zika Virus ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
World Health ◽  
Vaccine Candidates ◽  
The World ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Immunological Assays ◽  
Health Organization

In February of 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Zika virus (ZIKV) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. This prompted a rapid response from both the private and public sector resulting in the generation of several promising vaccine candidates. In this review, we discuss published scientific efforts associated with these novel vaccines, emphasizing the immunological assays used to evaluate their immunogenicity and efficacy, and support future licensure.

The Zika virus public health emergency: 6 months on

The Lancet ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 388 (10043) ◽  
pp. 449-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Maurice
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Zika Virus ◽  
Public Health Emergency

scholarly journals Nanoparticle-enhanced electrical detection of Zika virus on paper microchips

Nanoscale ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (25) ◽  
pp. 11841-11849 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Shehata Draz ◽  
Manasa Venkataramani ◽  
Harini Lakshminarayanan ◽  
Ecem Saygili ◽  
Maryam Moazeni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Zika Virus ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
Electrical Detection

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a reemerging flavivirus causing an ongoing pandemic and public health emergency worldwide. We developed nanoparticle-enhanced sensing of virus lysate for electrical detection of ZIKV on paper microchip.

Zika

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 224-227
Author(s):  
Rabia Aftab
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Zika Virus ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
World Health ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Geographic Spread ◽  
The World ◽  
Public Health Threat ◽  
Health Organization

The Zika virus (ZIKV), first discovered in 1947, has emerged as a global public health threat over the last decade, with an accelerated geographic spread of the virus occurring in the last 5 years. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that millions of cases of ZIKV are likely to occur in the Americas between 2016 and 2017. These projections, in conjunction with an increase in newborn microcephaly cases that are suspected to be ZIKV-associated, prompted the WHO to declare a public health emergency of international concern in February 2016. With the current media attention, it is likely that GPs will be consulted on th topic, particularly by pregnant women.

scholarly journals New Insights on the Zika Virus Arrival in the Americas and Spatiotemporal Reconstruction of the Epidemic Dynamics in Brazil

Viruses ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Larissa Catharina Costa ◽  
Rafael Valente Veiga ◽  
Juliane Fonseca Oliveira ◽  
Moreno S. Rodrigues ◽  
Roberto F. S. Andrade ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Zika Virus ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
Migration Patterns ◽  
Epidemic Dynamics ◽  
Time Migration ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Time ◽  
American Clade ◽  
Genome Dataset

Zika virus (ZIKV) became a worldwide public health emergency after its introduction in the Americas. Brazil was implicated as central in the ZIKV dispersion, however, a better understanding of the pathways the virus took to arrive in Brazil and the dispersion within the country is needed. An updated genome dataset was assembled with publicly available data. Bayesian phylogeography methods were applied to reconstruct the spatiotemporal history of ZIKV in the Americas and with more detail inside Brazil. Our analyses reconstructed the Brazilian state of Pernambuco as the likely point of introduction of ZIKV in Brazil, possibly during the 2013 Confederations Cup. Pernambuco played an important role in spreading the virus to other Brazilian states. Our results also underscore the long cryptic circulation of ZIKV in all analyzed locations in Brazil. Conclusions: This study brings new insights about the early moments of ZIKV in the Americas, especially regarding the Brazil-Haiti cluster at the base of the American clade and describing for the first time migration patterns within Brazil.

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