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ZIKA VIRUS IN THE EYE OF THE CYTOKINE STORM
Flavivírus
Citocinas
Quimiocinas
Microcefalia
Síndrome de Guillain-Barre
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Sorbonne Universités. Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses. Paris, France.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Laboratório Avançado de Saúde Pública. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Sorbonne Universités. Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses. Paris, France.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Laboratório Avançado de Saúde Pública. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Sorbonne Universités. Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses. Paris, France.
Sorbonne Universités. Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses. Paris, France.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Laboratório Avançado de Saúde Pública. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Sorbonne Universités. Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses. Paris, France.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Laboratório Avançado de Saúde Pública. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Sorbonne Universités. Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses. Paris, France.
Sorbonne Universités. Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses. Paris, France.
Abstract
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging arbovirus that causes a mosquito-borne disease. Although infection with ZIKV generally leads to mild disease, its recent emergence in the Americas has been associated with an increase in the development of the Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults, as well as with neurological complications, in particular congenital microcephaly, in new-borns. Over the five past years, through the combined efforts of the scientific community, comprehensive remarkable progress aimed at deciphering the clinical, virological, physiopathological, and immunological features of ZIKV infection. This review highlights some of the most recent advances in our understanding of the role of cytokines and chemokines in ZIKV infection, and discusses potential links to pathogenesis.
Keywords in Portuguese
Zika vírusFlavivírus
Citocinas
Quimiocinas
Microcefalia
Síndrome de Guillain-Barre
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