• Characterization of Lethal Zika Virus Infection in AG129 Mice. 

      Aliota, Matthew T.; Caine, Elizabeth A.; Walker, Emma C.; Larkin, Katrina E.; Camacho, Erwin; Osorio, Jorge E. (Estados Unidos: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016., 2019-09-27)
      Zika virus (ZIKV; Flaviviridae, Flavivirus) has emerged out of Africa and caused outbreaks of febrile disease in Yap islands of the Federated states of Micronesia [1], French Polynesia [2], and Oceania; and in late 2015 ...
    • Detection of Autochthonous Zika Virus Transmission in Sincelejo, Colombia. 

      Camacho, Erwin; Paternina Gómez, Margaret; Blanco Tuirán, Pedro J.; Osorio, Jorge E.; Aliota, Matthew T. (Estados Unidos: Emerging Infectious Diseases , 2016., 2019-09-27)
      During October–November 2015, a total of 22 patients received a presumptive diagnosis of an acute viral illness by emergency department physicians at the Centro de Diagnostico Medico-Universidad de Sucre in Sincelejo. The ...
    • Development of Envelope Protein Antigens To Serologically Differentiate Zika Virus Infection from Dengue Virus Infection 

      Lakshmanane, Premkumar; Collins, Matthew; Graham, Stephen; Liou, Guei-Jiun Alice; Camacho, Erwin (Estados Unidos: Journal of Clinical Microbiology,2018., 2019-09-19)
      Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging flavivirus that can cause birth defects and neurologic complications. Molecular tests are effective for diagnosing acute ZIKV infection, although the majority of infections produce no ...
    • Genetic Characterization of Northwestern Colombian Chikungunya Virus Strains from the 2014–2015 Epidemic. 

      Rodas, Juan D.; Kautz, Tiffany; Camacho, Erwin; Paternina, Luis; Díaz, Francisco J.; Tesh, Robert; Weaver, Scott C.; Blanco, Pedro; Guzmán, Hilda (Estados Unidos: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene , 2016., 2019-09-27)
      Chikungunya fever, an acute and often chronic arthralgic disease caused by the mosquito-borne alphavirus,chikungunya virus (CHIKV), spread into the Americas in late 2013. Since then it has caused epidemics in nearly all ...
    • Zika virus like particles elicit protective antibodies in mice. 

      Salvo, Mauricio A; Kingstad Bakke, Brock; Salas Quinchucua, Cristhian; Camacho, Erwin; Osorio, Jorge E. (California, Estados Unidos: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases , 2018., 2019-10-29)
      Mosquito-borne Zika virus (ZIKV) typically causes a mild and self-limiting illness known as Zika fever. Since its recent emergence in 2014 in the American continent, ZIKV infection during pregnancy has been closely associated ...