Open AccessZika Virus: Diagnosis, Therapeutics, and Vaccine
Author(s) -
Chao Shan,
Xuping Xie,
Alan D.T. Barrett,
Mariano A. GarciaBlanco,
Robert B. Tesh,
Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos,
Nikos Vasilakis,
Scott C. Weaver,
PeiYong Shi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
acs infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.324
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 2373-8227
DOI - 10.1021/acsinfecdis.6b00030
Subject(s) - zika virus , virology , public health , medicine , virus , intensive care medicine , pathology
The current explosive epidemic of Zika virus in South and Central America, as well as the Caribbean, poses a global public health emergency. Here we comment on the challenges on development of better diagnosis and potential therapeutics and vaccine for Zika virus.
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