We have all been hearing more about Zika virus disease transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. The National Library of Medicine has gathered together these resources to assist public health departments, health care providers, librarians, and others seeking authoritative information on the virus and disease.
General Information
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Zika Virus - http://www.cdc.gov/zika/index.html
Zika Virus | Zika virus | CDC
www.cdc.gov
Zika virus is spread to people through mosquito bites. The most common symptoms of Zika virus disease are fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis (red eyes).
World Health Organization (WHO)
• Zika virus disease - http://www.who.int/csr/disease/zika/en/
• Zika Virus Fact sheet -http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/zika/en/
• Zika virus disease: Questions and answers -http://www.who.int/features/qa/zika/en/
• Briefing notes on Zika and Microcephalyhttp://reliefweb.int/report/world/briefing-notes-zika-and-microcephaly
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), World Health Organization
• Zika Virus Infection - http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_topics&view=article&id=427&I...
Also available in Spanish:
http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_topics&view=article&id=427&I...
National Institutes of Health (NIH), NIH Director’s Blog
• Zika Virus: An Emerging Health Threat -http://directorsblog.nih.gov/2016/01/26/zika-virus-an-emerging-health-th...
National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Zika Virus in the Americas - Yet Another Arbovirus Threat -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=26761185
• Notice of NIAID’s Interest to Highlight High-Priority Zika virus (ZIKV) Research Areas - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-AI-16-026.html
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health
• Zika virus infection -https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/gard/12894/zika-virus-infection/resour...
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
• Zika virus infection -http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/zika_virus_infection/pages/index.aspx
Public Health England
· • Zika virus - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/zika-virus
U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) - PubMed Citations
• Zika – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=zika+AND+English[la]
• Zika and Brazil – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=zika+and+brazil
GenBank, National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)
• Zika - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/?term=Zika
Pregnant Women and Zika Virus
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• For Pregnant Women -http://www.cdc.gov/zika/pregnancy/index.html
• Interim Guidelines for Pregnant Women During a Zika Virus Outbreak - United States, 2016 (January 22nd, 2016) -http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6502e1.htm
Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization
• Questions and Answers: Zika and pregnancy -http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1155...
National Library of Medicine - PubMed Citations
• Zika and Microcephaly –http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=zika+AND+microcephaly
• Zika and Pregnancy –http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=%28Pregnancy[Mesh]+OR+pregnant[...
Information on Zika for Health Care Providers
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• For Health Care Providers - http://www.cdc.gov/zika/hc-providers/index.html
• Interim Guidelines for the Evaluation and Testing of Infants with Possible Congenital Zika Virus Infection - United States, 2016 (January 26th, 2016) -http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6503e3er.htm
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health
• Zika virus infection - Treatment -https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/gard/12894/zika-virus-infection/resour...
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
• Zika virus infection: Factsheet for health professionals -http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/zika_virus_infection/factsheet-hea...
• Rapid Risk Assessment: Microcephaly in Brazil potentially linked to the Zika virus epidemic [November 24th, 2015] -http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/Publications/zika-microcephaly-Bra...
• Rapid Risk Assessment: Zika virus disease epidemic: potential association with microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (first update) [January 22nd, 2016] -http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/_layouts/forms/Publication_DispFor...
Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization
• As the Zika virus spreads, PAHO advises countries to monitor and report birth anomalies and other suspected complications of the virus - http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1157...
• Also available in Spanish: http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1157...
National Library of Medicine - PubMed Citations
• Zika and Encephalitis –http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=zika+virus+AND+encephalitis
• Zika and Guillain-Barré Syndrome -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=zika+AND+guillain-barre
Epidemiology
World Health Organization and Pan American Health Organization
• Disease Outbreak News: Zika virus infection -http://www.who.int/csr/don/archive/disease/zika-virus-infection/en/
• Epidemiological Update: Neurological syndrome, congenital anomalies, and Zika virus infection, 17 January 2016 -http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&Itemid=...
Laboratory Detection and Diagnosis of Zika Virus
Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization
• Zika Virus (ZIKV) Surveillance in the Americas: Interim guidance for laboratory detection and diagnosis -http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&Ite...
Travel
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Zika Travel Health Notices -http://www.cdc.gov/zika/pregnancy/travel-health-notices.html
• CDC adds countries to interim travel guidance related to Zika Virus - http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/s0122-zika-travel-guidance.html
• CDC adds 2 destinations to interim travel guidance related to Zika virushttp://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/s0126-zika-travel-guidance.html
• Recognizing, Managing, and Reporting Zika Virus Infections in Travelers Returning from Central America, South America, the Caribbean, and Mexico -http://emergency.cdc.gov/han/han00385.asp
• Zika Virus Spreads to New Areas - Region of the Americas, May 2015–January 2016 (January 22nd, 2016) -http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6503e1er.htm
• Possible Association Between Zika Virus Infection and Microcephaly - Brazil, 2015 (January 22nd, 2016) -http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6503e2er.htm
World Health Organization
• Information for travelers (Zika virus) -http://www.who.int/csr/disease/zika/information-for-travelers/en/
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
• Countries with local Zika transmission -http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/zika_virus_infection/zika-outbreak...
Surveillance and Control of Mosquito Vectors
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Surveillance and Control of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in the United States -http://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/resources/vector-control.html
Resources on Zika virus infection in Portuguese
Portal da Saúde
• Perguntas e respostas – Microcefalia –
http://portalsaude.saude.gov.br/index.php/o-ministerio/principal/leia-ma...
World Health Organization/Organização Mundial da Saúde
• Doença do vírus Zika -http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/zika/pt/
Resources on Zika virus infection in Spanish
Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization
• Mientras el zika continúa propagándose, OPS recomienda a los países monitorear síndromes neurológicos y anomalías congénitas -http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1157...
• Zika, Infección por Virus - http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_topics&view=article&id=427&I...
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