Wednesday 10 February 2016

Information resources on the Zika virus






Knowledge and Library Services have produced the following guide to key sources of information on the Zika virus.  If you would like to receive current awareness updates about Zika, please contact library.enquiry@bartshealth.nhs.uk.




 

ZIKA VIRUS

GUIDANCE 


Public Health England. Zika virus infection: guidance for primary care. Published online 04 February 2016.  
o   This guidance summarises key advice for those working in primary care, since they may be consulted by patients, including pregnant women, who are travelling to or returning from countries that are part of this outbreak (ie those countries with active Zika transmission).

Public Health England. Zika virus: interim algorithm for assessing pregnant women with a history of travel. Updated 1February 2016.
o   Flowchart for assessing pregnant women with a history of travel during pregnancy to areas with active Zika virus transmission.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/496817/Interim_Zika_testing_algorithm_for_assessing_pregnant_women_with_a_history_of_travel_v2_010216_Gateway.pdf 

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Interim clinical guidelines on Zika virus infection and pregnancy. Published online 29 January 2016.

CURRENT CLINICAL EVIDENCE 


DynaMed Plus. (2016). Ipswich, MA: EBSCO Information Services. Zika virus. [updated 2016 Feb 04]; Available from
Full Text:
http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T909469/Zika-virus-infection

UpToDate. (2016). Zika Virus Infection (free resource).
Full Text: http://www.uptodate.com/contents/106169


World Health Organisation. (2016). Free WHO Zika app available on iOS and Android.
iOS version: https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/who-zika-app/id1090088404?mt=8
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.universaldoctor.zika 
  

PATIENT INFORMATION  

 

NHS Choices. Zika Virus: Your questions answered. Published online 29 January 2016.
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2016/01January/Pages/Zika-virus-your-questions-answered.aspx 

Patient Info. Behind the news headlines: Zika virus. Published online 25 January 2016.

RECENTLY PUBLISHED LITERATURE 


Attar, N. (2016). ZIKA virus circulates in new regions. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 14 (62), Published online 11 January 2016 doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2015.28 

Bogoch, I. I., Brady, O. J., Kraemer, M. U., German, M., Creatore, M. I., Kulkarni, M. A., & Watts, A. (2016). Anticipating the international spread of Zika virus from Brazil. The Lancet.

Enfissi, A., Codrington, J., Roosblad, J., Kazanji, M., & Rousset, D. (2016). Zika virus genome from the Americas. The Lancet, 387(10015), 227-228.
Full Text:
Available from The Lancet in Lancet, The 

Enserink, M. (2015). An obscure mosquito-borne disease goes global.Science, 350(6264), 1012-1013.
http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/mip/newsletter/images/Science-2015-Enserink-1012-3%20(1).pdf 

Fauci, A. S., & Morens, D. M. (2016). Zika Virus in the Americas—Yet Another Arbovirus Threat. New England Journal of Medicine.

Gatherer, D., & Kohl, A. (2015). Zika virus: a previously slow pandemic spreads rapidly through the Americas. Journal of General Virology.
http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/77455/1/jgv.0.000381.pdf 

Gourinat, A. C., O’Connor, O., Calvez, E., Goarant, C., & Dupont-Rouzeyrol, M. (2015). Detection of Zika virus in urine. Emerg Infect Dis, 21(1), 84-6.
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/1/pdfs/14-0894.pdf 

Higgs, S. (2016). Zika Virus: Emergence and Emergency. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/vbz.2016.29001.hig 

Lancet, The. (2016). Zika virus: a new global threat for 2016. The Lancet,387(10014), 96.

Full Text:
Available from The Lancet in Lancet, The 

Lucey DR, Gostin LO. The Emerging Zika Pandemic: Enhancing Preparedness. JAMA. Published online January 27, 2016. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.0904 
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2485361 

Musso, D., Roche, C., Nhan, T. X., Robin, E., Teissier, A., & Cao-Lormeau, V. M. (2015). Detection of Zika virus in saliva. Journal of Clinical Virology,68, 53-55.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Didier_Musso/publication/275410834_Detection_of_Zika_virus_in_saliva/links/55aaccb508aea3d086827c59.pdf 

Musso, D., Roche, C., Robin, E., Nhan, T., Teissier, A., & Cao-Lormeau, V. M. (2015). Potential sexual transmission of Zika virus. Emerging infectious diseases, 21(2), 359.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4313657/pdf/14-1363.pdf  

Musso, D., Cao-Lormeau, V. M., & Gubler, D. J. (2015). Zika virus: following the path of dengue and chikungunya?. The Lancet, 386(9990), 243-244.
http://insanemedicine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Zika-virus-following-the-path-of-dengue-and-chikungunya.pdf 

Oster, A. M., Brooks, J. T., Stryker, J. E., et al. (2016). Interim Guidelines for Prevention of Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus — United States. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 65:(Early Release):1–2. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6505e1er   

Patiño-Barbosa, A. M., Medina, I., Gil-Restrepo, A. F., & Rodriguez-Morales, A. J. (2015). Zika: another sexually transmitted infection?. Sexually transmitted infections, sextrans-2015.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alfonso_Rodriguez-Morales/publication/279180677_Zika_another_sexually_transmitted_infection/links/55afdba208ae11d31039a779.pdf 

Petersen, E. E. (2016). Interim guidelines for pregnant women during a Zika virus outbreak—United States. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 65:30-33. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6502e1 

Tappe D, Rissland J, Gabriel M, Emmerich P, Günther S, Held G, Smola S, Schmidt-Chanasit J. (2014). First case of laboratory-confirmed Zika virus infection imported into Europe, November 2013. Euro Surveill. 19(4): pii=20685. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20685 

World Health Organization. (2015). Zika virus outbreaks in the Americas.Weekly Epidemiological Record, 90(45), 609-610.
Full Text:
Available from EBSCOhost in Weekly Epidemiological Record
Available from ProQuest in Weekly Epidemiological Record 

Zammarchi, L., Stella, G., Mantella, A., Bartolozzi, D., Tappe, D., Günther, S., ... & Schmidt-Chanasit, J. (2015). Zika virus infections imported to Italy: clinical, immunological and virological findings, and public health implications. Journal of Clinical Virology, 63, 32-35.
http://www.journalofclinicalvirology.com/article/S1386-6532(14)00467-3/pdf 

Zammarchi L, Tappe D, Fortuna C, Remoli ME, Günther S, Venturi G, Bartoloni A, Schmidt-Chanasit J. (2015). Zika virus infection in a traveller returning to Europe from Brazil, March 2015. Euro Surveill. 20(23): pii=21153. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=21153  

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