title: Zika Virus Diseases - The New Face of an Ancient Enemy as Global Public Health Emergency (2016): Brief Review and Recent Updates.
abstract: Zika virus (ZIKV) disease is caused by a virus transmitted byAedesmosquito. It presents as flu-like symptoms lasting for 5-7 days and shows potential association with neurological and autoimmune complications such as congenital microcephaly and adult paralysis disorder, Guillain-Barré syndrome. Treatment measures are conservative as the disease is self-limiting. ZIKV earlier affected several tropical regions of Africa and Asia from 1951 to 2006. Subsequently, it moved out from these regions to land as outbreaks in Yap Island, French Polynesia, South America, and most recently in Brazil. The WHO declared it as an international public health emergency in 2016 and an extraordinary event with recommendations for improving communications, tightening vigil on ZIKV infections, and improving mosquito control measures. The authors in this article aim to briefly discuss ZIKV infection, its epidemiology, clinical manifestations, management, and prevention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, ESIC Dental College and Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Passi
authors.affiliation: Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, ESIC Dental College and Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sarang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, MB Kedia Dental College, Birgunj, Nepal.
authors.forename: Shubha Ranjan
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics, Inderprastha Dental College and Hospital, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Musharib
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahmed
keywords: Aedes; Guillain–Barré syndrome; Zika virus; arbovirus; congenital microcephaly