Lee, Cheryl Yi-Pin and Ng, Lisa FP 
ORCID: 0000-0003-4071-5222
(2018)
Zika virus: from an obscurity to a priority.
MICROBES AND INFECTION, 20 (11-12).
pp. 635-645.
Abstract
Despite being discovered approximately 70 years ago, Zika virus (ZIKV) has received little attention, until the occurrence of alarming epidemics in the Pacific Islands and Latin America between 2013 and 2016. These series of outbreaks resulted in crippling neurological complications in adults, and congenital deformities in new-borns. The dire outcomes marked ZIKV as a re-emerging pathogen of public health concern. Over a period of two years, extensive studies have been conducted to understand different aspects of ZIKV from pathogen biology to infection, including the immune response during virus-host interplay in established animal models, as well as potential therapeutics against ZIKV infection. The vast diversity of novel findings has added value to ZIKV research, and a strategic consolidation is crucial to encompass the latest advances and developments, as well as missing pieces of the puzzle. This review thus aims to provide a concise yet extensive update on current ZIKV studies.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Zika virus, Animal models, Immune responses, Therapeutics |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Feb 2019 10:01 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2023 01:03 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.micinf.2018.02.009 |
| Open Access URL: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micinf.2018.02.009 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3032911 |
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