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Zika Virus Epidemic

The current Zika virus outbreak has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organisation. To assist with tackling this global issue, we have highlighted below a selection of our most relevant articles and blog posts. All our articles are published open access, which means they are free to read and can be easily accessed by policymakers, clinicians, the general public and organisations working to combat the outbreak.

Articles

	Molecular evolution of Zika virus, an neglected emerging disease in Africa and Asia
	The expanding spectrum of modes of transmission of Zika virus: a global concern
	Assessment of methods used to determine the safety of the topical insect repellent N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET)
	The Asian tiger hunts in Maputo city—the first confirmed report of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895) in Mozambique
	Large-scale Anopheles arabiensis egg quantification methods for mass-rearing operations
	Assessing Chikungunya risk in a metropolitan area of Argentina through satellite images and mathematical models
	Potential of selected Senegalese Aedes spp. mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) to transmit Zika virus
	One-step real-time RT-PCR assays for serotyping dengue virus in clinical samples
	Current status of invasive mosquito surveillance in the UK
	Invasion of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) into central Africa: what consequences for emerging diseases?
	Concurrent malaria and arbovirus infections in Kedougou, southeastern Senegal
	Molecular genetics of human primary microcephaly: an overview
	A novel dengue virus detection method that couples DNAzyme and gold nanoparticle approaches
	Development of one-step quantitative reverse transcription PCR for the rapid detection of flaviviruses
	Autosomal recessive primary microcephaly (MCPH): clinical manifestations, genetic heterogeneity and mutation continuum

Blog Posts

	Mysterious Zika virus sweeps over Latin America and beyond
	Zika virus – a Brazilian perspective on a global health emergency
	First Ebola, now Zika: the inconvenient truths about battling emerging diseases
	Genetic control methods are ready to be used to control Zika outbreak in Americas
	Interview with Derric Nimmo, Head of Public Health Research at Oxitec

Further Content from Springer Nature

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