João Vitor da Silva Rodrigues, Poliana Aparecida Rodrigues Gazolla, Iago da Cruz Pereira, Roberto Sousa Dias, Italo Esposti Poly da Silva, John Willians Oliveira Prates, Isabela de Souza Gomes, Sabrina de Azevedo Silveira, Adilson Vidal Costa, Fabrício Marques de Oliveira, Alex Ramos de Aguiar, Cynthia Canedo da Silva, Róbson Ricardo Teixeira, Sérgio Oliveira de Paula
The Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arbovirus and belongs to the Flaviviridae family and Flavivirus genus, with dissemination in the Americas. In Brazil, the predominant strain is the Asian, promoting outbreaks that started in 2015 and are directly related to microcephaly in newborns and Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults. Recently, researchers identified a new African strain circulating in Brazil at the mid-end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019, with the potential to originate a new epidemic. To date, there is no approved vaccine or drug for the treatment of Zika syndrome, and the development of therapeutic alternatives to treat it is of relevance...
March 17, 2023: Antiviral Research