The symptoms and treatment of Zika virus infection
Zika virus is an arbovirus of the Flaviviridae family that causes a mosquito-borne disease. The infection can cause devastating complications among individuals in all age ranges, such as microcephaly in infants and Guillain-Barre syndrome in adults. Its teratogenic potential and explosive epidemics...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2020-01-01
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| Series: | E3S Web of Conferences |
| Online Access: | https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2020/78/e3sconf_iseese2020_03048.pdf |
| Summary: | Zika virus is an arbovirus of the Flaviviridae family that causes a mosquito-borne disease. The infection can cause devastating complications among individuals in all age ranges, such as microcephaly in infants and Guillain-Barre syndrome in adults. Its teratogenic potential and explosive epidemics has already caused a panic and is a public health emergency. This review puts emphasis on the current acknowledge of the transmission, clinical characteristics, pathogenic mechanism, and treatment of Zika virus infection, and the future expectation to this disease as well. |
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| ISSN: | 2267-1242 |