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Zika virus: The transboundary pathogen from mosquito and updates.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Jan 2018
Kong Weili, Li Hengtao, Zhu Jian
Abstract excerpt
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that was relatively obscure until outbreaks started in 2013. ZIKV is associated with neurological manifestations such as Guillan-Barrè Syndrome in adult and microcephaly in the newborn population. Although the majority of disease mechanisms of ZIKV is unclear, some information was updated with new scientific evidence. Currently, there are no approved drugs or...
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