Christopher Maucourant1,a, Gabriel Andrade Nonato Queiroz2,3,a, Assia Samri1, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi2,3, Hans Yssel1, Vincent Vieillard1
European Cytokine Network, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 74-81, 2019, DOI:10.1684/ecn.2019.0433
Abstract Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging arbovirus that causes a mosquito-borne disease. Although infection
with ZIKV generally leads to mild disease, its recent emergence in the Americas has been associated with an increase in
the development of the Guillain-Barre´ syndrome in adults, as well as with neurological complications, in particular
congenital microcephaly, in new-borns. Over the five past years, through the combined efforts of the scientific
community, comprehensive remarkable progress aimed at deciphering the clinical, virological, physiopathological, and
immunological features of ZIKV infection. This review highlights some of the most recent advances in our
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