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Emerging Infectious Diseases

Authors:

Cristiane W. Cardoso, Igor A.D. Paploski, Mariana Kikuti, Moreno S. Rodrigues, Monaise M.O. Silva, Gubio S. Campos, Silvia I. Sardi, Uriel Kitron, Mitermayer G. Reis, Guilherme S. Ribeiro

Zika virus (ZIKV) has been recognized as an emerging mosquito-borne flavivirus since outbreaks were reported from Yap Island in 2007, French Polynesia in 2013, and Cook Island and New Caledonia in 2014. It has joined dengue virus (DENV) and chikungunya virus (CHIKV) as global public health threats. ZIKV infection typically causes a self-limited dengue-like illness characterized by exanthema, low-grade fever, conjunctivitis, and arthralgia, and an increase in rates of Guillain-Barré syndrome have been observed during ZIKV outbreaks.

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