Open AccessEmerging Zika virus infection: What should we know?
Author(s) -
Viroj Wiwanitkit
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine/asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 2588-9222
pISSN - 2221-1691
DOI - 10.1016/j.apjtb.2016.03.014
Subject(s) - zika virus , medicine , dengue fever , disease , pregnancy , viral infection , dengue virus , public health , presentation (obstetrics) , microcephaly , immunology , virology , intensive care medicine , virus , pediatrics , biology , pathology , obstetrics , genetics
Zika virus infection is a new emerging viral disease that becomes the present public health threat. At present, this infection can be seen in several countries. The clinical presentation of this infection is a dengue-like illness. Nevertheless, the new information shows that the disease can be sexually transmitted and transplacentally transmitted. In addition, the recent evidence from the recent epidemic in South America shows that the infection in pregnancy can cause neonatal neurological defect. In this short review, the author summarizes and presents interesting data on clinical features of this new emerging infection