A new mosquito-borne threat to pregnant women in Brazil

Zika virus-related hypertensive iridocyclitis

“…It is thought that only 1 in 5 people infected with the Zika virus will become symptomatic (3) . The most common systemic manifestations include: fever, arthralgia, malaise, and skin rash (4,5) . More recently, retinal abnormalities were described in children with microcephaly attributed to Zika virus infection during pregnancy (6) .…”

Isolation and characterization of Zika virus imported to China using C6/36 mosquito cells

“…However, the unprecedented epidemics of ZIKV in Latin America since early 2015 have made this flavivirus an international health risk (Liu and Zhang, 2016). In particular, the potential association of ZIKV infection with the remarkable increase in the number of fetus microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome cases has attracted worldwide concern (Triunfol, 2016;World Health Organization, 2016). In addition to the endemic and epidemic areas such as central and western Africa, south and southeastern Asia, and Latin America, imported cases of ZIKV infection are also frequently reported in many other countries (Barzon et al, 2016;Hills et al, 2016;Li et al, 2016;Shinohara et al, 2016).…”

The Convergence of a Virus, Mosquitoes, and Human Travel in Globalizing the Zika Epidemic

“…This, coupled with documented male-to-female sexual transmission of the virus, gave additional urgency to the epidemic [3,4].…”