Lessons learnt from the emergence of Zika virus

Marc Lecuit (1, 2, 3, 4) , Laurent Nguyen (5)

1 Biologie des Infections - Biology of Infection
2 UPD5 - Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5
3 Hôpital Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP]
4 Service des Maladies infectieuses et tropicales [CHU Necker]
5 GIGA-Neurosciences [Université Liège]

Looking back at how Zika virus emergence was handled during and after the 2015-2016 outbreak will be important for assessing how well multiple relevant stakeholders were integrated to mount a response, and can provide the groundwork to better cope with emerging infections in the future.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Infectious diseases; Emerging diseases; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology

Marc Lecuit, Laurent Nguyen. Lessons learnt from the emergence of Zika virus. Nature Microbiology, 2018, 3 (9), pp.966-968. ⟨10.1038/s41564-018-0233-4⟩. ⟨pasteur-02448979⟩