Zika virus: advancing a priority research agenda for preparedness and response

• Published in: The Lancet infectious diseases Vol. 25; no. 7; pp. e390 - e401
• Main Authors: Lackritz, Eve M, Ng, Lee-Ching, Marques, Ernesto T A, Rabe, Ingrid B, Bourne, Nigel, Staples, J Erin, Méndez-Rico, Jairo A, Harris, Eva, Brault, Aaron C, Ko, Albert I, Beasley, David W C, Leighton, Tabitha, Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Ostrowsky, Julia T, Mehr, Angela J, Ulrich, Angela K, Velayudhan, Raman, Golding, Josephine P, Fay, Petra C, Cehovin, Ana, Moua, Nicolina M, Moore, Kristine A, Osterholm, Michael T, Barrett, Alan D T, Adams Waldorf, Kristina M, Bennie, Joseph Y B, Coelho, Christiane, Diamond, Michael S, Emperador, Devy, Faria, Nuno R, Hasanin, Nagwa, Jaenisch, Thomas, Leo, Yee-Sin, Memish, Ziad A, Mura, Manuela, Peeling, Rosanna W, Salje, Henrik, Thomas, Stephen J, Vanhomwegen, Jessica, Wongsawat, Jurai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2025; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Acids; Asymptomatic; Biomedical Research; Congenital defects; Congenital diseases; Dengue fever; Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Global Health; Guillain-Barre syndrome; Humans; Immunology; Infections; Laboratories; Neurological complications; Pregnancy; Public health; R&D; Research & development; Serology; Vaccines; Vector-borne diseases; Viruses; Zika Virus; Zika Virus Infection - diagnosis; Zika Virus Infection - epidemiology; Zika Virus Infection - prevention & control; Asia; Africa

The 2015–16 Zika virus epidemic emerged in the Americas and rapidly spread throughout the region and beyond, showing the epidemic potential of this mosquito-borne Orthoflavivirus and its capacity to cause severe congenital malformations and neurological sequelae. WHO declared the Zika virus epidemic...