ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2020
Zika Virus Circulates at Low Levels in Western and Coastal Kenya.
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- Structural and nonstructural protein divergence correlates with strain-specific vector competence for Zika virus.Parasites & vectors · 2026Article
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of Zika virus epidemiology.Nature health · 2026Article
- Risk factors associated with dengue and chikungunya seroprevalence and seroconversion among urban populations in western and coastal Kenya.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Identification of AMOTL2 as an antiviral factor that enhances the human type I interferon response against Zika virus.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
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- Multi-omics analysis of antiviral interactions of Elizabethkingia anophelis and Zika virus.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Arthropod-borne diseases among travellers arriving in Europe from Africa, 2015 to 2019.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2023Article
- The global trends and regional differences in incidence of Zika virus infection and implications for Zika virus infection prevention.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
- Prevalence of microcephaly and Zika virus infection in a pregnancy cohort in Kenya, 2017-2019.BMC medicine · 2022Article
- Somatic Hypermutation and Framework Mutations of Variable Region Contribute to Anti-Zika Virus-Specific Monoclonal Antibody Binding and Function.Journal of virology · 2022Article
- Epidemiology and Laboratory Diagnostics of Dengue, Yellow Fever, Zika, and Chikungunya Virus Infections in Africa.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundZika virus (ZIKV) was discovered over 70 years ago in East Africa, but little is known about its circulation and pathogenesis there.
methodsWe screened 327 plasma samples collected 2-12 months after febrile illness in Western and coastal Kenya (1993-2016) for binding and neutralizing antibodies to distinguish ZIKV and dengue virus (DENV) responses, which we found were common in coastal Kenya.
resultsTwo cases had durable ZIKV-specific antibodies and 2 cases had ZIKV antibodies at similar levels as DENV antibodies.
conclusionsThis suggests low-level ZIKV circulation in Kenya over 2 decades and sets a baseline for future surveillance efforts in East Africa.
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