Zika virus: fourth pandemic threat of the last decade

dc.contributor.authorYakupoğulları, Yusuf
dc.contributor.authorOtlu, Barış
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-04T19:51:54Z
dc.date.available2024-08-04T19:51:54Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.departmentİnönü Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractAfter its first discovery for 70 years, World Health Organization has classified the Zika virus (ZIKV) as a global health risk. The ZIKV that is transmitted to human by some species of Aedes mosquitos has caused sporadic and epidemic infections generally in tropical and subtropical regions to date. Though it mainly produces a self-limiting febrile rash disease in symptomatic cases, its real significance has been better understood after detection of its ability to promote immune-mediated neurologic disorders such as Guillain Barre syndrome in healthy adults following the acute infection, and microcephalia in the fetus of infected pregnants. Inaddition to vectors, its ability to spread by bloodborne and sexual route were recognized as the most potent feature of ZIKV to spread in population. Wide global distribution of the vectors, including our country, poses a substantial continuous risk for Turkey. Furthermore, increasing human movement due to the Olympic Games that will be held in Brazil in 2016 summer, where the virus is the most prevalent country, is a growing concern about augmenting the spread of virus to the world. In this review, latest data about the ZIKV transmission, health problems caused by, and treatment properties were aimed to be evaluated in a historical progress, and some preventive measurements were suggested.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.5455/jtomc.2016.04.055
dc.identifier.endpage237en_US
dc.identifier.issn1300-1744
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage232en_US
dc.identifier.trdizinid285033en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5455/jtomc.2016.04.055
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/285033
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/89363
dc.identifier.volume24en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizinen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofİnönü Üniversitesi Turgut Özal Tıp Merkezi Dergisien_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.titleZika virus: fourth pandemic threat of the last decadeen_US
dc.typeReview Articleen_US

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