Thursday, 28 January 2016

PRO/EDR> Zika virus - Americas, Asia

Zika virus -- Worldwide/Unknown
[Authors: Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., and David M. Morens, M.D.]
Through early epidemiologic surveillance and human challenge studies, Zika was characterized as a mild or inapparent denguelike disease with fever, muscle aches, eye pain, prostration, and maculopapular rash. In more than 60 years of observation, Zika has not been noted to cause hemorrhagic fever or death. There is in vitro evidence that Zika virus mediates antibody-dependent enhancement of infection, a phenomenon observed in

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