Zika Virus | Medscape

Zika Virus Resource Center

The latest information regarding the Zika Virus

Zika Virus News

Zika Virus Usually Causes Mild Illness in Children Zika virus infection is generally mild in infants, children and adolescents, according to a study of 351 patients in Puerto Rico.
Reuters Health Information, May 30, 2018
Why the World Needs More Than One Ebola Vaccine In the life-and-death race to make the first effective vaccine against Ebola, one company - Merck - seems bound to win.
Reuters Health Information, May 24, 2018

Acute Morbidity of Guillain-Barre Worse With Zika Infection
Reuters Health Information, May 23, 2018
Peru Declares Alert Over Suspected Guillain-Barre Outbreak
Reuters Health Information, May 10, 2018
Screening Blood Donations for Zika Has Low Yield, High Cost
Medscape Medical News, May 9, 2018
CRISPR-Cas13-based Platform Detects Tiny Quantities of Zika Virus and Dengue Virus
Reuters Health Information, May 4, 2018

Zika Virus Perspective

Assessing Zika Risk in International Travelers Travelers need to be educated about their risks and decide which they are willing to accept.
CDC Expert Commentary, November 20, 2017
The Environment and ASD Risk: Putting It Together What do we know about the triad of genes, the environment, and autism?
Medscape Pediatrics, July 27, 2017

Staying Healthy While Traveling: Best Advice for Patients
Medscape Internal Medicine, June 7, 2017
Outbreaks, Evolution, and Rock 'n' Roll: Topol Talks to Pardis Sabeti
Medscape, May 10, 2017
Blood, Sweat, and Tears? The Presence of Zika in the Eye
Medscape Optometry, March 21, 2017
Morning Report: Vertigo, Insect Repellents, Testosterone Gel
Medscape Internal Medicine, March 10, 2017

Journals

Trends in Reported Vectorborne Disease Cases -- US 2004-2016
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, May 24, 2018
History of Mosquitoborne Diseases and Implications
Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 16, 2018
Delay in Global Disease Outbreak Response: H1N1, Ebola, Zika
American Journal of Public Health, March 28, 2018
Noncongenital Zika Virus Disease Cases -- US, 2016
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, March 26, 2018
Expected Duration of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes After Zika
Emerging Infectious Diseases, March 6, 2018

Zika Timeline

Timeline - Zika: History of an Emerging Virus
Zika has burst on the scene as though it was a new viral threat to humans. The truth? Zika was discovered nearly 75 years ago, and has been steadily making its way across the globe ever since. Medscape Infectious Diseases, May 18, 2016

Drugs and Diseases

Resources

Medscape Education: Zika Virus

For Your Patients

Zika Virus: What You Should Know

All material on this website is protected by copyright, Copyright © 1994-2018 by WebMD LLC. This website also contains material copyrighted by 3rd parties.