Epidemiology

1.    ZIKABRA: a Networking Initiative for International Cooperation in Health
Silvana Giozza1, Ximena Pamela Bermudez2, Guilherme Calvet3, Edna Kara4, Gerson Fernando Pereira1, Camila Helena Bôtto-Menezes5, Rafael Franca6, Armando Neto6, Marcia Castilho7, Kayvon Modjarrad8, Noemia Lima8, Sihem Landoulsi4, Ndema Habib4, Marcus Vinicius Lacerda5, Ana Bispo de Filippis9, Nathalie Broutet4
 

1Department of Diseases of Chronic and Sexually Transmitted Infections, Ministry of Health, Brasília, Brazil, 2Department of Public Health, Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization, Brasília, Brazil, 3Acute Febrile Illnesses Laboratory, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 4Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 5Department of Malária, Tropical Medicine Foundation Doctor Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil, 6Department of Virology and Experimental Therapy, Institute Aggeu Magalhães, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Brazil, 7Department of Virology, Tropical Medicine Foundation Doctor Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil, 8U.s. Military Hiv Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Md, USA, 9Flavivirus Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
 

2.    Machine Learning Applied to Arbovirus Genomes - Investigating Genetic Determinants of Recent Outbreaks in Brazil
Álvaro Salgado1, Francielly Morais-Rodrigues1, Vagner Fonseca1, Rodrigo Kato1, Jaqueline Góes de Jesus2, Joilson Xavier1, Sarah Hill3, Allison Fabri4, Felipe Iani1, Marta Giovanetti4, Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis4, Nuno Faria3, Adriano Veloso5, Vasco Azevedo6, Jose Lourenço3, Luiz Alcantara4,6
 

1Bioinformatics, Ufmg Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2Laboratorio De Patologia Experimental, Fiocruz Ba, Salvador, Brazil, 3Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, 4Laboratorio De Flavivirus, Fiocruz Rj, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 5Dcc Departamento De Ciência Da Computação, Ufmg Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 6Laboratorio De Genetica Celular E Molecular, Ufmg Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

3.    Response to ESPIN in Brazil: the Rapid Action Strategy as a Catalyst for Diagnosis and Epidemiological Investigation
Mariana Leal1, Francisco de Assis Figueiredo1, Wanderson Kleber de Oliveira2, Giovanny Vinícius de Araújo de França2, Thereza de Lamare Franco Netto3
 

1Secretaria De Atenção Especializada a Saúde, Ministério Da Saúde, Brasília, 2Secretaria De Vigilância Em Saúde, Ministério Da Saúde, Brasília, 3Secretaria Do Trabalho, Governo Do Distrito Federal, Brasília, Brazil
 

4.    Prevalence of Zika Virus Infection in a Birth Cohort in Vietnam
Masako Moriuchi1, Mya Myat Ngwa Tun2, Saki Tanaka3, Michiko Toizumi3, Meng Ling Moi2, Dang Duc Anh4, Lay Mint Yoshida3, Hiroyuki Moriuchi1

1Department of Pediatrics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, 2Department of Virology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, 3Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, 4Office of Director, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Viet Nam
    

Clinical Aspects
 

5.    Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes in Women with Dengue in Pregnancy. Preliminary Findings from an Observational Study conducted at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Kingston Jamaica
Leroy Campbell1, Makesha Archer2, Christie Celia3

1Maternofetal Medicine, Victoria Jubilee Hospital, Kingston,2Obstetrics and Gynecology, Victoria Jubilee Hospital, Kingston,3Paediatrics and Child Health, University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
 

6.    Interim Measure to Prevent Zika Virus Infecton in Pregnancy
Subramaniam Ramasamy Chettiar

Out Patient and Emergency, Clinic Theesan, Johor. Bahru, Malaysia
 

7.    Zika Congenital Syndrome in Newborn Without Microcephalia: A Case Study
Marta Giovanetti1, Maricelia Maia de Lima2,3, Normeide Pedreira Santos2, Erenilde Marques de Cerqueira2, Isadora Cristina de Siqueira4, Joílson Xavier Junior5, Melissa Barreto Falcão6, Stephane Fraga de Oliveira Tosta7, Jaqueline Goes de Jesus8, Luiz Carlos Junior Alcântara1

1Laboratório De Flavivírus, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Fiocruz,, Rio De Janeiro, 2Departamento De Saúde, Universidade Estadual De Feira De Santana, Feira De Santana, 3Vigilania Epidemiológica De Feira De Santana Bahia, Secretaria Municipal De Saúde De Feira De Santana, Feira De Santana, 4Laboratório De Patologia Experimental, Instituto Gonçalo Moniz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Salvador, 5Laboratório Da Ufmg, Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 6Secretaria Municipal De Saúde, Vigilância Epidemiológica, Feira De Santana, 7Departamento De Saúde, Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 8Laboratório De Flavivírus, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
 

8.    Can Zika Virus Infection in High Risk Pregnant Women be Differentiated on the Basis of Symptoms?
Nuria Sanchez Clemente1,2, Elizabeth Brickley2, Marcia Furquim De Almeida1, Steven Witkin3, Saulo Passos4
 

1Epidemiology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK, 3Departamento De Medicina Tropical, Universidade De São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 4Paediatrics, Universidade De Jundiai, Jundiai, Brazil
 

Diagnostics

9.    Cohort Profile: Study on the Persistence of Zika Virus (ZIKV) in Body Fluids of Patients with ZIKV Infection in Brazil (ZIKABRA Study)
Guilherme Calvet1, Edna Kara2, Sihem Landoulsi2, Ndema Habib2, Camila Helena Bôtto-Menezes3, Rafael Franca4, Armando Neto4, Marcia Castilho5, Gerson Fernando Pereira6, Silvana Giozza6, Ximena Pamela Bermudez7, Kayvon Modjarrad8, Noemia Lima8, Marcus Vinicius Lacerda3, Ana Bispo de Filippis9, Nathalie Broutet2
 

1Acute Febrile Illnesses Laboratory, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 2Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 3Department of Malária, Tropical Medicine Foundation Doctor Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil, 4Department of Virology and Experimental Therapy, Institute Aggeu Magalhães, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Brazil, 5Department of Virology, Tropical Medicine Foundation Doctor Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil, 6Department of Diseases of Chronic and Sexually Transmitted Infections, Ministry of Health, Brasília, Brazil, 7Department of Public Health, Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization, Brasília, Brazil, 8U.s. Military Hiv Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Md, USA, 9Flavivirus Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
 

10.    ZIKV RNA Excretion in Sweat with Concomitant Detection in Other Body Fluid Specimens
Armando Neto1, Marcia Castilho2, Guilherme Calvet3, Edna Kara4, Camila Helena Bôtto-Menezes5, Marcus Vinicius Lacerda5, Gerson Fernando Pereira6, Silvana Giozza6, Ximena Pamela Bermudez7, Noemia Lima8, Kayvon Modjarrad8, Nathalie Broutet4, Ana Bispo de Filippis9, Rafael Franca1
 

1Department of Virology and Experimental Therapy, Institute Aggeu Magalhães, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Brazil, 2Department of Virology, Tropical Medicine Foundation Doctor Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil, 3Acute Febrile Illnesses Laboratory, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 4Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 5Department of Malária, Tropical Medicine Foundation Doctor Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil, 6Department of Diseases of Chronic and Sexually Transmitted Infections, Ministry of Health, Brasília, Brazil, 7Department of Public Health, Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization, Brasília, Brazil, 8U.s. Military Hiv Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Md, USA, 9Flavivirus Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
 

11.    Comparison of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for the Diagnosis of Dengue Virus Infections
Ann-Kristin Gebhardt1, Oliver Klemens1, Maite Sabalza2, Konstanze Stiba1, Sandra Saschenbrecker1, Katja Steinhagen1
 

1Institute for Experimental Immunology, Euroimmun Ag, Lübeck, Germany, 2Euroimmun Us Inc., Euroimmun Us Inc., Mountain Lakes, Nj, USA
 

12.    Novel Screening ELISA for Sensitive Detection of Mayaro Virus-Infected Patients
Michel Moraes Soane1, Daniele Freitas Henriques2, Juliana Abreu Lima2, Livia Caricio Martins2, Nadja Muigg3, Maite Sabalza4, Oliver Klemens3, Katja Steinhagen3
1Euroimmun Brasil, Euroimmun Brasil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2Seção De Arbovirologia E Febres Hemorrágicas, Instituto Evandro Chagas/svs/ms, Ananindeua, Brazil, 3Institute for Experimental Immunology, Euroimmun Ag, Lübeck, Germany, 4Euroimmun Us Inc., Euroimmun Us Inc., Mountain Lakes, Nj, USA

 

Virology

13.    Zika Virus infection of The Blood Brain Barrier Modulates Chemokines and Cell Adhesion Molecules Expression and Favors Leukocyte Recruitment
Marion Clé1, Caroline Desmetz2, Jonathan Barthelemy1, Marie-France Martin3, Karine Bolloré1, Sébastien Nisole3, Fatiha Najioullah4, Philippe Van de Perre1, André Cabié4, Fabien Gosselet5, Nicola Marchi6, Yannick Simonin1, Sara Salinas1
 

1Pcci, Inserm, Montpellier, 2Bio Communication en Cardio Métabolique, Université De Montpellier, Montpellier, 3Institut De Recherche en Infectiologie De Montpellier, Cnrs, Montpellier, 4Tropical and Infectious Disease Service, University of the Antilles, Inserm, Martinique, 5Laboratoire De La Barrière Hémato Encéphalique, Université D’artois, Lens, 6Cerebrovascular Mechanisms of Brain Disorders, Institute of Functional Genomics, Cnrs, Montpellier, France
 

14.    Zika Virus Infection can Induce MHC-I Downregulation on the Cell Surface
Julian Ho1, Sumana Sanyal1,2
1Hku Pasteur Research Pole, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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15.    Pre-Cultivation in Monocyte-Derived Macrophages Increases the Rate of Zika Virus Isolation from Human Plasma
Emilia Sippert, Bruno C. Rocha, Felipe L. Assis, Maria Rios
Division of Emerging Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, Office of Blood Research and Review, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, USA
 

16.    Investigating Host Components Utilised for Translation of Zika Virus Proteins
Ho Him Wong, Sumana SanyaL
Hku Pasteur Research Pole, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong