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CDC - Zika Virus - Case Counts in the US
https://www.cdc.gov/zika/geo/united-states.html

CDC - Zika Virus - Timeline of "What's New"
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/whats-new.html

CDC Newsroom Releases
http://www.cdc.gov/media/archives.htm

Miami-Dade County Health Department
http://miamidade.floridahealth.gov

Newsroom - Miami-Dade County Health Department
http://miamidade.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/index.html

Mosquito Control - Miami-Dade County
http://www.miamidade.gov/solidwaste/mosquito-control.asp

Broward County Health Department
http://broward.floridahealth.gov

Newsroom - Broward County Health Department
http://broward.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/index.html

Florida Department of Health - Zika Virus - Daily Zika Updates
http://www.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/all-articles.html

Florida Department of Health - Zika Virus
http://www.floridahealth.gov/diseases-and-conditions/zika-virus/index.html?utm_source=flhealthIndex

Texas Department of State Health Services - Zika in Texas
http://www.texaszika.org

Brazil - Ministry of Health (MOH) - Situation Reports - Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika
http://combateaedes.saude.gov.br/noticias

Brazil - Ministry of Health
http://portalsaude.saude.gov.br/

Columbia - Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS) - Zika
http://www.ins.gov.co/Noticias/Paginas/Zika.aspx#.V2NxZVd3Hdl 

WHO - Zika virus and potential complications: Questions and answers
http://who.int/features/qa/zika/en/

WHO - Zika Situation Reports
http://www.who.int/emergencies/zika-virus/situation-report/en/

WHO - Microcephaly / Zika virus
http://www.who.int/emergencies/zika-virus/en/

WHO - Zika virus
http://www.who.int/topics/zika/en/

WHO - Zika Virus infection - Disease Outbreak News
http://www.who.int/csr/don/archive/disease/zika-virus-infection/en/

WHO - Zika Open
http://www.who.int/bulletin/online_first/zika_open/en/

WHO - Zika Outbreak: WHO's Global Emergency Response Plan
http://www.who.int/emergencies/zika-virus/response/en/

WHO - Prevention of potential sexual transmission of Zika virus - Interim Guidance - 18 February 2016 (2 page .PDF file)
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/204421/1/WHO_ZIKV_MOC_16.1_eng.pdf?ua=1

WHO - Pregnancy management in the context of Zika virus - Interim guidance
http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/zika/pregnancy-management/en/

WHO - Identification and management of Guillain-Barré syndrome in the context of Zika virus - Interim guidance
http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/zika/guillain-barre-syndrome/en/

WHO - Detecting Guillain-Barré syndrome caused by Zika virus using systems developed for polio surveillance (8 page .PDF file)
http://www.who.int/bulletin/online_first/BLT.16.171504.pdf?ua=1

WHO - Online First (scroll to the bottom)
http://www.who.int/bulletin/online_first/en/

WHO - Dispelling rumours around Zika and microcephaly
http://www.who.int/emergencies/zika-virus/articles/rumours/en/

WHO - Prevention of sexual transmission of Zika virus - Interim guidance
http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/zika/sexual-transmission-prevention/en/

WHO - Zika: the origin and spread of a mosquito-borne virus
http://www.who.int/bulletin/online_first/16-171082/en/

WHO - Zika Causality Statement - 7 September 2016
http://www.who.int/emergencies/zika-virus/causality/en/

PAHO / WHO - Zika Virus infection
http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11585&Itemid=41688&lang=en

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE - Zika Virus Information for Travelers
http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/go/Zika.html

CDC - Outcomes of Pregnancies with Laboratory Evidence of Possible Zika Virus Infection in the United States, 2016 - Pregnancy Outcomes in the United States and the District of Columbia
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/geo/pregnancy-outcomes.html

CDC - Zika virus
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/

CDC - Zika Virus - Symptoms, Diagnosis, & Treatment
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/symptoms/index.html

CDC - About Zika Virus Disease Q & A
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/disease-qa.html

CDC - Areas with Zika - Countries and territories with active Zika virus transmission
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/geo/index.html

Map - Imported and locally acquired Zika virus in United States, territories, and Canada
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?hl=en&hl=en&authuser=0&authuser=0&mid=zv94AJqgUct4.kT4qLMXp3SLU

Pacific Disaster Center - Zika Virus
http://www.pdc.org/event-dashboard/Zika_Virus/

CDC - Zika Travel Information
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/zika-information

CDC - Zika virus disease in the United States, 2015–2016
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/geo/united-states.html

CDC - Approved Lab Tests for Zika
http://resiliencesystem.org/comment/2152#comment-2152

CDC - Zika - Current National Biocontainment Laboratories and Regional Biocontainment Laboratories
http://resiliencesystem.org/zika-current-national-biocontainment-laboratories-and-regional-biocontainment-laboratories

CDC - Zika Virus - Vector Surveillance and Control
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/vector/index.html

CDC - Surveillance and Control of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in the United States
http://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/resources/vector-control.html

CDC recommends the use of an EPA-registered insect repellent
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/prevention/index.html

EPA - Insect repellents
http://www.epa.gov/insect-repellents

EPA - Insect repellent dataset (a link to the list is near the bottom)
http://www.epa.gov/insect-repellents/find-insect-repellent-right-you

EPA - Naled for Mosquito Control
https://www.epa.gov/mosquitocontrol/naled-mosquito-control

CDC - REVISED - Zika - CDC Draft Interim #Response Plan (57 page .PDF report) - July 2016
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/pdfs/zika-draft-interim-conus-plan.pdf

CDC - Zika Virus Disease Q & A (Questions and Answers)
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/disease-qa.html

CDC - Build a Zika Prevention Kit
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/prevention/prevention-kit.html

CDC - Zika - Fact Sheets & Posters
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/fs-posters/

CDC - CDC Concludes Zika Causes Microcephaly and Other Birth Defects
http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/s0413-zika-microcephaly.html

CDC - Facts about Microcephaly
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/birthdefects/microcephaly.html

CDC - US Zika Pregnancy Registry
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/hc-providers/registry.html

CDC - Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) - Postmortem Findings in Patient with Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Zika Virus Infection
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/1/17-1331_article

CDC - Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) - Zika Virus RNA Replication and Persistence in Brain and Placental Tissue
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/3/16-1499_article

CDC - Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) - Detection of Zika Virus in Semen
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/5/16-0107_article

CDC - Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) - Prolonged Detection of Zika Virus in Vaginal Secretions and Whole Blood
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/1/16-1394_article

CDC - Interim Guidelines for the Evaluation and Testing of Infants with Possible Congenital Zika Virus Infection — United States, 2016
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6503e3.htm

CDC - Zika Virus Infection Among U.S. Pregnant Travelers — August 2015–February 2016
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6508e1er.htm

CDC - MMWR - Population-Based Surveillance of Birth Defects Potentially Related to Zika Virus Infection — 15 States and U.S. Territories, 2016
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/wr/mm6703a2.htm?s_cid=mm6703a2_w

CDC - MMWR - Notes from the Field: Zika Virus-Associated Neonatal Birth Defects Surveillance — Texas, January 2016–July 2017
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6631a5.htm

CDC - MMWR - Evaluation of Placental and Fetal Tissue Specimens for Zika Virus Infection — 50 States and District of Columbia, January–December, 2016
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6624a3.htm

CDC - MMWR - Pregnancy Outcomes After Maternal Zika Virus Infection During Pregnancy — U.S. Territories, January 1, 2016–April 25, 2017
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6623e1.htm

CDC - MMWR - Vital Signs: Update on Zika Virus–Associated Birth Defects and Evaluation of All U.S. Infants with Congenital Zika Virus Exposure — U.S. Zika Pregnancy Registry, 2016
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6613e1.htm?s_cid=mm6613e1_w 

CDC - MMWR - Preliminary Report of Microcephaly Potentially Associated with Zika Virus Infection During Pregnancy — Colombia, January–November 2016
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6549e1.htm?s_cid=mm6549e1_w 

CDC - MMWR - Description of 13 Infants Born During October 2015–January 2016 With Congenital Zika Virus Infection Without Microcephaly at Birth — Brazil
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6547e2.htm?s_cid=mm6547e2_w 

CDC - MMWR - Suspected Female-to-Male Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus — New York City, 2016
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6528e2.htm?s_cid=mm6528e2_w 

CDC - MMWR - Notice to Readers: Changes in the Presentation of Zika Virus Disease, Non-Congenital Infection, and Addition of Zika Virus Congenital Infection to Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Table I
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6520a6.htm?s_cid=mm6520a6_w 

CDC - MMWR - Interim Guidance for Zika Virus Testing of Urine — United States, 2016
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6518e1.htm

CDC - MMWR - Update: Ongoing Zika Virus Transmission — Puerto Rico, November 1, 2015–April 14, 2016
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6517e2.htm?s_cid=mm6517e2_w 

CDC - MMWR - Patterns in Zika Virus Testing and Infection, by Report of Symptoms and Pregnancy Status — United States, January 3–March 5, 2016
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6515e1.htm?s_cid=mm6515e1_w 

CDC - MMWR - Notes from the Field: Evidence of Zika Virus Infection in Brain and Placental Tissues from Two Congenitally Infected Newborns and Two Fetal Losses — Brazil, 2015
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6506e1er.htm?s_cid=mm6506e1er.htm_w

CDC - MMWR - Cluster of Ebola Virus Disease Linked to a Single Funeral — Moyamba District, Sierra Leone, 2014
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6508a2.htm?s_cid=mm6508a2_w#contribAff

CDC - MMWR - Update: Interim Guidance for the Evaluation and Management of Infants with Possible Congenital Zika Virus Infection — United States, August 2016
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6533e2.htm

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Zika Virus Health Information Resource Guide
https://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/zikavirus.html

CIDRAP - Zika - Resources
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/infectious-disease-topics/zika#literature

NEJM - Zika Virus - Resources - clinical reports, guidelines, statement about sharing data in public health emergency
http://www.nejm.org/page/zika-virus

ProMED Mail - ZIKA VIRUS (23): AMERICAS - WHO overview, Cases in various countries, Zika virus genetics
http://www.promedmail.org/post/4168370

Aedes aegypti - History of domestication and spread of Aedes aegypti - A Review
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762013000900011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en

PLOS - Zika in the United States of America and a Fateful 1969 Decision
http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0004765

Aedes albopictus  - In the United States, it was initially found at the Port of Houston in a 1985 shipment of used tires
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aedes_albopictus

4 million at risk of Zika infection as El Niño increases spread
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2075563-4-million-at-risk-of-zika-infection-as-el-nino-increases-spread/

AJTMH - Vertical Transmission of Zika Virus in Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes
http://www.ajtmh.org/content/early/2016/08/23/ajtmh.16-0448

APJTM - Comparative genome analysis between Southeast Asian and South American Zika viruses
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1995764516303625

ASM - First Complete Genome Sequences of Zika Virus Isolated from Febrile Patient Sera in Ecuador
http://genomea.asm.org/content/5/8/e01673-16

ATSMH - Double Threat: Researchers Find New Evidence Mosquitoes Could Infect Humans with Zika and Chikungunya Viruses at the Same Time
https://astmhpressroom.wordpress.com/annual-meeting/zikadenguechikungunya/ 

ASTMH - Guillain–Barré Syndrome After Zika Virus Infection in Brazil
http://www.ajtmh.org/content/early/2016/09/15/ajtmh.16-0306

BioRxiv - Multiple introductions of Zika virus into the United States revealed through genomic epidemiology
http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/02/03/104794

BioRxiv - Genome sequencing reveals Zika virus diversity and spread in the Americas
http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/02/18/109348

BioRxiv - Highly efficient maternal-fetal Zika virus transmission in pregnant rhesus macaques
http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/02/11/106674

BioRxiv - Zika virus may not be alone: proteomics associates a bovine-like viral diarrhea virus to microcephaly
http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/07/15/062596

BioRxiv - Dengue Virus Antibodies Enhance Zika Virus Infection
http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/04/25/050112

BioRxiv - Projected spread of Zika virus in the Americas
http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/07/29/066456

CID - Oxford Journals - Zika Virus Infection Associated With Severe Thrombocytopenia
http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/08/03/cid.ciw476.full

eLIFE - Data-driven identification of potential Zika virus vectors
https://elifesciences.org/content/6/e22053

eLIFE - Mapping global environmental suitability for Zika virus
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.15272

Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) - Zika Virus Infection in Patient with No Known Risk Factors, Utah, USA, 2016
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/8/17-0479_article

Emerging Infectious Diseases - CDC - EID - Real-Time Evolution of Zika Virus Disease Outbreak, Roatán, Honduras
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/8/16-1944_article

Emerging Infectious Diseases - Early Growth and Neurologic Outcomes of Infants with Probable Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/11/16-0956_article

Emerging Infectious Diseases - Zika Virus Transmission from French Polynesia to Brazil
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4593458/

Emerging Infectious Diseases - Health Precautions Taken by Travelers to Countries with Ebola Virus Disease
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/5/16-0041_article

Emerging Infectious Diseases - CDC - EID - Inactivation and Environmental Stability of Zika Virus
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/9/16-0664_article

Emerging Infectious Diseases - CDC - EID - Culex pipiens and Aedes triseriatus Mosquito Susceptibility to Zika Virus
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/10/16-1082_article

Intensive Care Medicine - Key points on Zika infection for the intensivist
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00134-016-4378-4/fulltext.html 

Intensive Care Medicine - Zika virus-associated Guillain–Barré syndrome: a warning for critical care physicians
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00134-016-4364-x

The Lancet - Anticipating the international spread of Zika virus from Brazil
http://thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2816%2900080-5/fulltext

International Journal of Infectious Diseases (IJID) - Unexpected and Rapid Spread of Zika Virus in The Americas - Implications for Public Health Preparedness for Mass Gatherings at the 2016 Brazil Olympic Games
http://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(16)00021-7/abstract

Journal of Infectious Diseases - Outbreak of Zika virus infection, Chiapas State, Mexico, 2015, and first confirmed transmission by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the Americas (28 page .PDF file)
http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/07/18/infdis.jiw302.full.pdf?keytype=ref&ijkey=yGm2PaznSLU5bVx

ECDC - Interim guidance for healthcare providers and Zika virus laboratory diagnosis
http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/_layouts/forms/Publication_DispForm.aspx?List=4f55ad51-4aed-4d32-b960-af70113dbb90&ID=1461

ECDC - Microcephaly in Brazil potentially linked to the Zika virus epidemic, ECDC assesses the risk
http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/press/news/_layouts/forms/News_DispForm.aspx?ID=1329&List=8db7286c-fe2d-476c-9133-18ff4cb1b568&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fecdc.europa.eu%2Fen%2FPages%2Fhome.aspx

ECDC - (search - "Zika")
http://ecdc.europa.eu/search/Pages/results.aspx?k=zika 

ECDC - (search - "Microcephaly")
http://ecdc.europa.eu/search/Pages/results.aspx?k=microcephaly

Eurosurveillance - PERSISTENT DETECTION OF ZIKA VIRUS RNA IN SEMEN FOR SIX MONTHS AFTER SYMPTOM ONSET IN A TRAVELLER RETURNING FROM HAITI TO ITALY, FEBRUARY 2016
http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=22554

Eurosurveillance - ISOLATION OF INFECTIOUS ZIKA VIRUS FROM SALIVA AND PROLONGED VIRAL RNA SHEDDING IN A TRAVELLER RETURNING FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO ITALY, JANUARY 2016
http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=21409

Gerontology - Zika Virus Infection in the Elderly: Possible Relationship with Guillain-Barré Syndrome
https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/453579

The Lancet - Infection-related microcephaly after the 2015 and 2016 Zika virus outbreaks in Brazil: a surveillance-based analysis
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2817%2931368-5/fulltext 

The Lancet - Thrombocytopenia and subcutaneous bleedings in a patient with Zika virus infection
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)00502-X/fulltext?rss=yes 

The Lancet - Zika virus in semen of a patient returning from a non-epidemic area
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099%2816%2930153-0/fulltext 

The Lancet - Zika virus in the female genital tract
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099%2816%2930193-1/fulltext

The Lancet - Congenital Zika virus syndrome in Brazil: a case series of the first 1501 livebirths with complete investigation
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)30902-3/abstract 

The Lancet - Zika: neurological and ocular findings in infant without microcephaly
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)30776-0/fulltext 

The Lancet - Microcephaly in Brazil: how to interpret reported numbers?
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2816%2900273-7/fulltext

The Lancet - Zika virus and microcephaly: why is this situation a PHEIC? (3 page .PDF file)
http://www.thelancet.com/pb/assets/raw/Lancet/pdfs/S0140673616003202.pdf

The Lancet - Guillain-Barré Syndrome outbreak associated with Zika virus infection in French Polynesia: a case-control study
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2816%2900562-6/abstract

The Lancet - Acute myelitis due to Zika virus infection
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)00644-9/fulltext?rss=yes

The Lancet - Potential for Zika virus introduction and transmission in resource-limited countries in Africa and the Asia-Pacific region: a modelling study
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(16)30270-5/abstract

The Lancet Infectious Diseases - Association between Zika virus infection and microcephaly in Brazil, January to May, 2016: preliminary report of a case-control study
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(16)30318-8/fulltext

JAMA - Birth Defects Among Fetuses and Infants of US Women With Evidence of Possible Zika Virus Infection During Pregnancy
http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2593702 

JAMA - The Emerging Zika Pandemic - Enhancing Preparedness
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2485361

JAMA Neurology - Neurologic Complications Associated With the Zika Virus in Brazilian Adults
http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2647256

JAMA Neurology - Enhanced Epilepsy Surveillance and Awareness in the Age of Zika
http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/article-abstract/2618389

JAMA Pediatrics - Bridging Knowledge Gaps to Understand How Zika Virus Exposure and Infection Affect Child Development
http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2604261 

JAMA Pediatrics - What Does Zika Virus Mean for the Children of the Americas?
http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2529146

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases - The emergence of zika virus as a global health security threat: A review and a consensus statement of the INDUSEM Joint working Group (JWG)
http://www.jgid.org/article.asp?issn=0974-777X;year=2016;volume=8;issue=1;spage=3;epage=15;aulast=Sikka

Journal of Infectious Diseases - Continued transmission of Zika virus in humans in West Africa, 1992-2016
https://academic.oup.com/jid/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/infdis/jix182

Journal of Medical Entomology - Updated Reported Distribution of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti and Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in the United States, 1995–2016
https://academic.oup.com/jme/article/doi/10.1093/jme/tjx088/3868585/Updated-Reported-Distribution-of-Aedes-Stegomyia

mBio - Zika Virus Persistently Infects and Is Basolaterally Released from Primary Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells
http://mbio.asm.org/content/8/4/e00952-17.short?rss=1

mBio - A Novel Agonist of the TRIF Pathway Induces a Cellular State Refractory to Replication of Zika, Chikungunya, and Dengue Viruses
http://mbio.asm.org/content/8/3/e00452-17.abstract

Nature - Evidence of natural Zika virus infection in neotropical non-human primates in Brazil
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-34423-6

Nature - Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas
https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature22401.html 

Nature - Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of Zika virus into the United States
https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature22400.html 

Nature - Neutralizing human antibodies prevent Zika virus replication and fetal disease in mice
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaap/ncurrent/full/nature20564.html

Nature - A rhesus macaque model of Asian-lineage Zika virus infection
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2016/160628/ncomms12204/full/ncomms12204.html

Nature Communications - Intrauterine Zika virus infection of pregnant immunocompetent mice models transplacental transmission and adverse perinatal outcomes
http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14575

Nature Communications - Neutralization mechanism of a highly potent antibody against Zika virus
http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms13679

Nature Communications - Severe NDE1-mediated microcephaly results from neural progenitor cell cycle arrests at multiple specific stages
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2016/160824/ncomms12551/full/ncomms12551.html

Nature Medicine - Identification of small-molecule inhibitors of Zika virus infection and induced neural cell death via a drug repurposing screen
http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nm.4184.html

Nature - Scientific Reports - Zika Virus in Salivary Glands of Five Different Species of Wild-Caught Mosquitoes from Mexico
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-18682-3

Nature - Scientific Reports - A smartphone-based diagnostic platform for rapid detection of Zika, chikungunya, and dengue viruses
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep44778

Nature - Scientific Reports - Zika virus infection induces mitosis abnormalities and apoptotic cell death of human neural progenitor cells
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep39775

NECSI - The Case for Pyriproxyfen as a Potential Cause of Microcephaly; From Biology to Epidemiology
http://necsi.edu/research/social/pandemics/case-for-pyriproxyfen

NECSI - A Possible Link Between Pyriproxyfen and Microcephaly
http://necsi.edu/research/social/pandemics/pyriproxyfen

NEJM - Pregnancy Outcomes after ZIKV Infection in French Territories in the Americas
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1709481

NEJM - Zika Virus Infection and Associated Neurologic Disorders in Brazil
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1608612

NEJM - NEJM - Cutaneous Eruption in a U.S. Woman with Locally Acquired Zika Virus Infection
http://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMc1610614

NEJM - BLOG - Zika Virus Infection in Pregnant Women in Rio de Janeiro
http://blogs.nejm.org/now/index.php/zika-virus-infection-pregnant-women-rio-de-janeiro/2016/12/15/ 

NEJM - Zika Virus Infection in Pregnant Women in Rio de Janeiro
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1602412

NEJM - Fatal Zika Virus Infection with Secondary Nonsexual Transmission
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1610613#t=article 

NEJM - Zika and the Risk of Microcephaly
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1605367#t=article 

NEJM - Zika Virus Disease in Colombia — Preliminary Report
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1604037

NEJM - Zika Virus and Birth Defects — Reviewing the Evidence for Causality
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsr1604338?query=featured_zika

NEJM - Review Article - Zika Virus
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1602113

NEJM - BRIEF REPORT - Zika Virus Infection with Prolonged Maternal Viremia and Fetal Brain Abnormalities
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1601824

NEJM - STUDY - Zika Virus Associated with Microcephaly
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1600651

NEJM - EDITORIAL - Zika Virus and Microcephaly
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe1601862

NEJM - Zika Virus Infection in Pregnant Women in Rio de Janeiro — Preliminary Report
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1602412#t=article

NEJM - Zika Virus as a Cause of Neurologic Disorders
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1602708

NEJM - Zika Virus Associated with Meningoencephalitis
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1602964

NEJM - Computed Tomographic Findings in Microcephaly Associated with Zika Virus
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1603617

NEJM - Guillain–Barré Syndrome Associated with Zika Virus Infection in Colombia
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1605564#t=article 

NEJM - Zika Virus and the Guillain–Barré Syndrome — Case Series from Seven Countries
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1609015

NEJM - Uveitis Associated with Zika Virus Infection
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1603618#t=article

Cell - Zika Virus Persistence in the Central Nervous System and Lymph Nodes of Rhesus Monkeys
http://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(17)30421-X 

Cell - Zika Virus Infects Human Placental Macrophages
http://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/abstract/S1931-3128(16)30211-6

Cell Host & Microbe - Dynamics of Human and Viral RNA Methylation during Zika Virus Infection
http://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/fulltext/S1931-3128%2816%2930398-5 

Cell Reports - Zika Virus Infection in Mice Causes Panuveitis with Shedding of Virus in Tears
http://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247%2816%2931175-5

Cell Reports - Western Zika Virus in Human Fetal Neural Progenitors Persists Long Term with Partial Cytopathic and Limited Immunogenic Effects
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2016.05.075

Cell Reports - Zika Virus Disrupts Phospho-TBK1 Localization and Mitosis in Human Neuroepithelial Stem Cells and Radial Glia
http://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(16)31102-0 

Cell - Wolbachia Blocks Currently Circulating Zika Virus Isolates in Brazilian Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes
http://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/fulltext/S1931-3128(16)30157-3 

Cell - From Mosquitos to Humans: Genetic Evolution of Zika Virus
http://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/fulltext/S1931-3128%2816%2930142-1

Cell Stem Cell (CSC) - Genetic Ablation of AXL Does Not Protect Human Neural Progenitor Cells and Cerebral Organoids from Zika Virus Infection
http://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(16)30407-6 

Cell Stem Cell (CSC) - Zika Virus Infects Human Cortical Neural Progenitors and Attenuates Their Growth
http://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/abstract/S1934-5909(16)00106-5

Cell - Cross-Reactive and Potent Neutralizing Antibody Responses in Human Survivors of Natural Ebolavirus Infection
http://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(15)01686-4

Stem Cell Reports - Differential Responses of Human Fetal Brain Neural Stem Cells to Zika Virus Infection
http://www.cell.com/stem-cell-reports/fulltext/S2213-6711(17)30023-1 

Opthalmology - Glaucoma and Congenital Zika Syndrome
http://www.aaojournal.org/article/S0161-6420(16)31055-7/abstract 

Peer J Preprints - Zika virus: A newly emergent vector-borne public health threat in the Americas
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1781v1

Peer J Preprints - Zika virus impairs growth in human neurospheres and brain organoids
https://peerj.com/preprints/1817/

Peer J - Estimating risks of importation and local transmission of Zika virus infection
https://peerj.com/articles/1904/

PLOS - The association between Zika virus infection and microcephaly in Brazil 2015–2017: An observational analysis of over 4 million births
https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002755

PLOS - The potential economic burden of Zika in the continental United States
http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0005531

PLOS - Transmission of Zika virus through breast milk and other breastfeeding-related bodily-fluids: A systematic review
http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0005528 

PLOS - Zika: A scourge in urban slums
http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0005287 

PLOS - Prevalence of Antibodies to Zika Virus in Mothers from Hawaii Who Delivered Babies with and without Microcephaly between 2009-2012
http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0005262

PLOS - Vector Competence of American Mosquitoes for Three Strains of Zika Virus
http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0005101

PLOS - Mosquito Saliva Increases Endothelial Permeability in the Skin, Immune Cell Migration, and Dengue Pathogenesis during Antibody-Dependent Enhancement
http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1005676

PLOS - Zika Virus Outbreak in Haiti in 2014: Molecular and Clinical Data
http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0004687

PLOS - Clinical and Epidemiological Characterization of Laboratory-Confirmed Autochthonous Cases of Zika Virus Disease in Mexico
http://currents.plos.org/outbreaks/article/clinical-and-epidemiological-characterization-of-laboratory-confirmed-autochthonous-cases-of-zika-virus-disease-in-mexico/ 

PLOS - On the Seasonal Occurrence and Abundance of the Zika Virus Vector Mosquito Aedes Aegypti in the Contiguous United States
http://currents.plos.org/outbreaks/article/on-the-seasonal-occurrence-and-abundance-of-the-zika-virus-vector-mosquito-aedes-aegypti-in-the-contiguous-united-states/ 

PLOS - Zika Virus Infection and Stillbirths: A Case of Hydrops Fetalis, Hydranencephaly and Fetal Demise
http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0004517

PLOS - Zika Virus Emergence in Mosquitoes in Southeastern Senegal, 2011
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0109442

PLOS - Zika Virus in Gabon (Central Africa) – 2007: A New Threat from Aedes albopictus?
http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0002681

PNAS - Vulnerability of primitive human placental trophoblast to Zika virus
http://www.pnas.org/content/114/9/E1587

PNAS - Characterization of cytopathic factors through genome-wide analysis of the Zika viral proteins in fission yeast
http://www.pnas.org/content/114/3/E376

PNAS - Zika virus cell tropism in the developing human brain and inhibition by azithromycin
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/11/28/1618029113.abstract 

PNAS - Human antibody responses after dengue virus infection are highly cross-reactive to Zika virus
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/06/21/1607931113.abstract 

Zika and Microcephaly: How Doctors Made the Link
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/858324

Physician Alert - Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Zika virus intrauterine infection causes fetal brain abnormality and microcephaly: tip of the iceberg?
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/uog.15831/full

PBS - How does Zika virus shrink a baby’s brain and other FAQs
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/zika-virus-faqs-ultrasound-detection/ 

Nature - Zika virus: Brazil's surge in small-headed babies questioned by report
http://www.nature.com/news/zika-virus-brazil-s-surge-in-small-headed-babies-questioned-by-report-1.19259?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews 

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes found in Washington D.C.
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20160129-mosquito-species-carrying-zika-virus-found-in-washington-d-c

CDC - Isolation of Zika Virus from Febrile Patient, Indonesia
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/5/15-1915_article

AJTMH - Zika Virus Infection Acquired During Brief Travel to Indonesia
http://www.ajtmh.org/content/89/3/516

Science - Enhancement of Zika virus pathogenesis by preexisting antiflavivirus immunity
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2017/03/29/science.aal4365

Science - Countering Zika in Latin America
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2016/07/13/science.aag0219.full

Science - The 3.8 Å resolution cryo-EM structure of Zika virus
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2016/04/01/science.aaf5316

Science - Zika virus in the Americas: Early epidemiological and genetic findings
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2016/03/23/science.aaf5036

Science - Don't blame sports for Zika's spread
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6280/1377

Science Advances - Zika virus causes testicular atrophy
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/2/e1602899

Science Beta - AXL May Be Zika Neural Stem Cell Entry Receptor
http://sciencebeta.com/neural-stem-cells-zika-infection/

SciELO.br - One year after the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil: from hypotheses to evidence
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822016000500537 

SciELO.br - Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0004-282X20160035
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2016000300013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en

ScienceDirect - Characterization of the Zika virus two-component NS2B-NS3 protease and structure-assisted identification of allosteric small-molecule antagonists
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166354217301547

ScienceDirect - Zika virus: epidemiology, clinical features and host-virus interactions
http://bit.ly/2hkLqk9 

ScienceDirect - Zika Virus NS4A and NS4B Proteins Deregulate Akt-mTOR Signaling in Human Fetal Neural Stem Cells to Inhibit Neurogenesis and Induce Autophagy
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1934590916302144

SEAMEO TROPMED - ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION IN AUSTRALIA FOLLOWING A MONKEY BITE IN INDONESIA
(1 page .PDF file, with contact information near the bottom)
http://www.tm.mahidol.ac.th/seameo/2015-46-3/09-642913p460.pdf

SEAMEO TROPMED - THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 46 - Number 3 - May 2015 - Page 460
http://www.tm.mahidol.ac.th/seameo/journal-46-3-2015.html

Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) - Zika in Texas
http://texaszika.org/

Texas DSHS - Texas Takes Aim at Zika Virus
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/news/releases/20160303.aspx

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Zika - List of Map Resources
http://resiliencesystem.org/zika-list-map-resources

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Data Resources

Nature - Zika-microcephaly paper sparks data-sharing confusion
http://www.nature.com/news/zika-microcephaly-paper-sparks-data-sharing-confusion-1.19367?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews 

WHO - Zika Open
http://www.who.int/bulletin/online_first/zika_open/en/

HDX - Zika
https://data.hdx.rwlabs.org/search?q=zika&ext_page_size=100&sort=score+desc,+metadata_modified+desc#dataset-filter-start

Lancaster University - Zika
http://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/datasets/zika-virus-review-figure-1(5db525c2-5034-41bd-b1a5-774d724f870a).html

 

 

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