Sentences with phrase «related flaviviruses»

It notes some of the critical scientific questions regarding Zika that deserve further exploration, including: whether certain viral mutations occurred to facilitate its geographical spread; if different species of Aedes mosquitoes are capable of transmitting Zika and what that may mean for future transmission; what is apparently unique to Zika compared to other more well - known flaviviruses, such as dengue, that can explain why it can cause congenital infections, neurological conditions and encephalitis, transmit sexually and persist for long periods of time in multiple parts of the human body; and whether preexisting immunity to other related flaviviruses may impact Zika exposure and infection.

Further, current serologic tests often can't distinguish between related flavivirus infections in dengue - endemic regions.

Genomic sequencing of the isolated virus revealed that it is closely related to Tembusu virus (a mosquito - borne Ntaya group flavivirus), with 87 — 91 % nucleotide identity of the partial E (envelope) proteins to that of Tembusu virus and 72 % of the entire genome coding sequence with Bagaza virus, the most closely related flavivirus with an entirely sequenced genome.

Not exact matches

Zika, dengue and other related viruses, known as flaviviruses, all use a version of NS3 to chop joined proteins apart so they can do their jobs.

Jingmenviruses were first described in 2014 and are related to flaviviruses — a large family of viruses that includes human pathogens such as yellow fever, West Nile and Japanese encephalitis viruses.

«We worked on the dengue virus 20 years ago, and when Zika popped up in the news, we knew immediately that the two mosquito - borne viruses were related members of the flavivirus family,» Robert Linhardt, Ph.D., says.

Gao and colleagues say the BYD virus is closely related to the Tembusu virus, a flavivirus found in Southeast Asia.

Powassan virus and the closely related deer tick virus are the only flaviviruses known to be spread by ticks in North America.

* Update, 8 February, 3:26 p.m.: At a White House press conference today to discuss the budget request, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Maryland, noted that NIH currently spends about $ 100 million per year on research into dengue, yellow fever, and other closely related viruses to Zika, which are all flaviviruses.

Zika and dengue are closely related and come from the same family of viruses, known as flaviviruses.

We performed a systematic investigation, from epidemiology, pathogen isolation, virus characterization, disease reproduction by infection with the isolated virus (fulfilling Koch's postulates), to virus genome sequencing and found that the duck egg drop disease was caused by a new flavivirus, BYD virus, that is closely related to Tembusu virus.

BLAST analysis revealed that the sequence of the ∼ 600 - bp fragment is closely related to flaviviruses but not alphaviruses.

Zika virus (ZIKV), a previously obscure flavivirus closely related to dengue, West Nile, Japanese encephalitis and yellow fever viruses, has emerged Definitions, types, and theories.