Zika Virus Pathogenicity Versus Transmissibility. Comment on Roozitalab et al. Distinct Virologic Properties of African and Epidemic Zika Virus Strains: The Role of the Envelope Protein in Viral Entry, Immune Activation, and Neuropathogenesis. Pathog
Interest in Zika virus (ZIKV, <i>Orthoflavivirus zikaense</i>) evolution and pathogenicity has attracted the attention of a wider circle of the research community ever since ZIKV emerged on the South American continent in 2015, after more or less island hopping across the Pacific Ocean from Southeast Asia on its way from Africa where it was first described in Uganda in 1947 [...].
Authors
- Oumar Faye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3478-1322)
- Martin Faye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3207-6344)
- Manfred Weidmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7063-7491)
Institutions
- Institut Pasteur de Dakar (SN)
- Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor Fontane (DE)
- Leipzig University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pathogens
- Published
- 2026-01-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens15010067
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 41.85