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• Exploiting the legacy of the arbovirus hunters

  Vasilakis, N., Tesh, R. B., Popov, V. L., Widen, S. G., Wood, T. G., Forrester, N. L., Gonzalez, J. P., Saluzzo, J. F., Alkhovsky, S., Lam, S. K., Mackenzie, J. S. & Walker, P. J., May 2019, In: Viruses. 11, 5, 471.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Arboviruses
  • Viruses
  • Explosions
  • Epidemiology
  • History
  2 Scopus citations

• Experimental zika virus infection of neotropical primates

  Vanchiere, J. A., Ruiz, J. C., Brady, A. G., Kuehl, T. J., Williams, L. E., Baze, W. B., Wilkerson, G. K., Nehete, P. N., McClure, G. B., Rogers, D. L., Rossi, S. L., Azar, S. R., Roundy, C. M., Weaver, S. C., Vasilakis, N., Simmons, J. H. & Abee, C. R., 2018, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 98, 1, p. 173-177 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Zika Virus Infection
  • Zika Virus
  • Primates
  • Aotidae
  • South America
  22 Scopus citations

• Evolution of Genome Size and Complexity in the Rhabdoviridae

  Walker, P. J., Firth, C., Widen, S. G., Blasdell, K. R., Guzman, H., Wood, T. G., Paradkar, P. N., Holmes, E. C., Tesh, R. B. & Vasilakis, N., 2015, In: PLoS pathogens. 11, 2, e1004664.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Rhabdoviridae
  • Genome Size
  • Genome
  • Open Reading Frames
  • RNA Viruses
  90 Scopus citations

• Evidence of natural Zika virus infection in neotropical non-human primates in Brazil

  Terzian, A. C. B., Zini, N., Sacchetto, L., Rocha, R. F., Parra, M. C. P., Del Sarto, J. L., Dias, A. C. F., Coutinho, F., Rayra, J., da Silva, R. A., Costa, V. V., Fernandes, N. C. C. D. A., Réssio, R., Díaz-Delgado, J., Guerra, J., Cunha, M. S., Catão-Dias, J. L., Bittar, C., Reis, A. F. N., Santos, I. N. P. D. & 17 others, Ferreira, A. C. M., Cruz, L. E. A. A., Rahal, P., Ullmann, L., Malossi, C., Araújo, J. P. D., Widen, S., de Rezende, I. M., Mello, É., Pacca, C. C., Kroon, E. G., Trindade, G., Drumond, B., Chiaravalloti-Neto, F., Vasilakis, N., Teixeira, M. M. & Nogueira, M. L., Dec 1 2018, In: Scientific reports. 8, 1, 16034.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Zika Virus Infection
  • Primates
  • Brazil
  • Callithrix
  • Latin America
  28 Scopus citations

• Emergence of congenital Zika syndrome: Viewpoint from the front lines

  Costa, F., Sarno, M., Khouri, R., De Paula Freitas, B., Siqueira, I., Ribeiro, G. S., Ribeiro, H. C., Campos, G. S., Alcântara, L. C., Reis, M. G., Weaver, S. C., Vasilakis, N., Ko, A. I. & Almeida, A. R., May 17 2016, In: Annals of internal medicine. 164, 10, p. 689-691 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  61 Scopus citations

• Electron microscopy in discovery of novel and emerging viruses from the collection of the world reference center for emerging viruses and arboviruses (WRCEVA)

  Popov, V. L., Tesh, R. B., Weaver, S. C. & Vasilakis, N., May 2019, In: Viruses. 11, 5, 477.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Arboviruses
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Viruses
  • Transmission Electron Microscopy
  • Virology
  3 Scopus citations

• Divergent viruses discovered in arthropods and vertebrates revise the evolutionary history of the Flaviviridae and related viruses

  Shi, M., Lin, X. D., Vasilakis, N., Tian, J. H., Li, C. X., Chen, L. J., Eastwood, G., Diao, X. N., Chen, M. H., Chen, X., Qin, X. C., Widen, S. G., Wood, T. G., Tesh, R. B., Xu, J., Holmes, E. C. & Zhang, Y. Z., 2016, In: Journal of virology. 90, 2, p. 659-669 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Flaviviridae
  • Arthropods
  • arthropods
  • Vertebrates
  • history
  117 Scopus citations

• Did Zika Virus Mutate to Cause Severe Outbreaks?

  Rossi, S. L., Ebel, G. D., Shan, C., Shi, P. Y. & Vasilakis, N., Oct 2018, In: Trends in Microbiology. 26, 10, p. 877-885 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Zika Virus
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Viruses
  • Chikungunya virus
  • Arboviruses
  12 Scopus citations

• Dengue virus surveillance: Detection of DENV-4 in the city of São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil

  Colombo, T. E., Vedovello, D., Pacca-Mazaro, C. C., Mondini, A., Araújo, J. P., Cabrera, E., Lopes, J. C., Penha dos Santos, I. N., Negri Reis, A. F., Costa, F. R., Antônio Cruz, L. E. A., Ferreira, J., de Oliveira Rocha, E. S., Kroon, E. G., de Morais Bronzoni, R. V., Vasilakis, N. & Nogueira, M. L., Dec 1 2016, In: Acta Tropica. 164, p. 84-89 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Dengue virus
  • Dengue Virus
  • Brazil
  • monitoring
  • Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction
  9 Scopus citations

• Dengue viruses cluster antigenically but not as discrete serotypes

  Katzelnick, L. C., Fonville, J. M., Gromowski, G. D., Arriaga, J. B., Green, A., James, S. L., Lau, L., Montoya, M., Wang, C., Van Blargan, L. A., Russell, C. A., Thu, H. M., Pierson, T. C., Buchy, P., Aaskov, J. G., Muñoz-Jordán, J. L., Vasilakis, N., Gibbons, R. V., Tesh, R. B., Osterhaus, A. D. M. E. & 7 others, Fouchier, R. A. M., Durbin, A., Simmons, C. P., Holmes, E. C., Harris, E., Whitehead, S. S. & Smith, D. J., Sep 18 2015, In: Science. 349, 6254, p. 1338-1343 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Dengue Virus
  • Serogroup
  • Viruses
  • Vaccination
  • Infection
  99 Scopus citations

• Dengue-Quo tu et quo vadis?

  Chen, R. & Vasilakis, N., Sep 2011, In: Viruses. 3, 9, p. 1562-1608 47 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Dengue Virus
  • Dengue
  • Flaviviridae
  • Flavivirus
  • Population Density
  121 Scopus citations

• Complete genome sequences of five Zika virus isolates

  Ladner, J. T., Wiley, M. R., Prieto, K., Yasuda, C. Y., Nagle, E., Kasper, M. R., Reyes, D., Vasilakis, N., Heang, V., Weaver, S. C., Haddow, A., Tesh, R. B., Sovann, L. & Palacios, G., 2016, In: Genome Announcements. 4, 3, e00377-16.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Zika Virus
  • Genome
  • Microcephaly
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome
  • 5' Untranslated Regions
  34 Scopus citations

• Colonized sabethes cyaneus, a sylvatic new world mosquito species, shows a low vector competence for zika virus relative to aedes aegypti

  Karna, A. K., Azar, S. R., Plante, J. A., Yun, R., Vasilakis, N., Weaver, S. C., Hansen, I. A. & Hanley, K. A., Aug 16 2018, In: Viruses. 10, 8, 434.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Zika Virus
  • Aedes
  • Culicidae
  • Mental Competency
  • Saliva
  13 Scopus citations

• Characterization of triniti virus supports its reclassification in the family peribunyaviridae

  Lima, J. A., Neto, J. P. N., Castro, K. S., da Rosa, A. P. D. A. T., Tesh, R., Nunes, M. R. T., Popov, V. L., Vasilakis, N., Guzman, H., Widen, S., da Silva, S. P., Medeiros, D. B. D. A., Cardoso, J. F., Martins, L. C., Azevedo, R. D. S. D. S., Vasconcelos, P. F. D. C. & Chiang, J. O., Feb 2019, In: Journal of General Virology. 100, 2, p. 137-144 8 p., 001196.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Viruses
  • Orthobunyavirus
  • Togaviridae
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Genome
  2 Scopus citations

• Characterization of three novel viruses from the families nyamiviridae, orthomyxoviridae, and peribunyaviridae, isolated from dead birds collected during west nile virus surveillance in Harris County, Texas

  Walker, P. J., Tesh, R. B., Guzman, H., Popov, V. L., Da Rosa, A. P. A. T., Reyna, M., Nunes, M. R. T., De Souza, W. M., Contreras-Gutierrez, M. A., Patroca, S., Vela, J., Salvato, V., Bueno, R., Widen, S. G., Wood, T. G. & Vasilakis, N., Oct 10 2019, In: Viruses. 11, 10, 927.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • West Nile virus
  • Birds
  • Orthomyxoviridae
  • Viruses
  • Bayou hantavirus
  1 Scopus citations

• Characterization of three new insect-specific flaviviruses: Their relationship to the mosquito-borne flavivirus pathogens

  Guzman, H., Contreras-Gutierrez, M. A., Travassos da Rosa, A. P. A., Nunes, M. R. T., Cardoso, J. F., Popov, V. L., Young, K. I., Savit, C., Wood, T. G., Widen, S. G., Watts, D. M., Hanley, K. A., Perera, D., Fish, D., Vasilakis, N. & Tesh, R. B., 2018, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 98, 2, p. 410-419 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Flavivirus
  • Culicidae
  • Insecta
  • Malaysia
  • Insect Viruses
  19 Scopus citations

• Characterization of the gamboa virus serogroup (orthobunyavirus genus, peribunyaviridae family)

  Chiang, J. O., de Souza, W. M., Nunes, M. R. T., Acrani, G. O., Travassos da Rosa, A. P. D. A., de Freitas, N. M., da Silva, S. P., da Silva, P. H. D., de Sousa, A. W., Rodrigues, S. G., Quaresma, J. A. S., Dutary, B., Guzmán, H., Vasilakis, N., Tesh, R. B. & Vasconcelos, P. F. D. C., 2018, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 98, 5, p. 1502-1511 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Orthobunyavirus
  • Serogroup
  • Viruses
  • Wild Animals
  • Ecology
  3 Scopus citations

• Characterization of a novel murine model to study zika virus

  Rossi, S. L., Tesh, R. B., Azar, S. R., Muruato, A. E., Hanley, K. A., Auguste, A. J., Langsjoen, R. M., Paessler, S., Vasilakis, N. & Weaver, S. C., Jun 2016, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 94, 6, p. 1362-1369 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Zika Virus
  • Viremia
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Interferon alpha-beta Receptor
  • Explosive Agents
  315 Scopus citations

• Case report: Guillain-barré syndrome after zika virus infection in Brazil

  Do Rosário, M. S., De Jesus, P. A. P., Vasilakis, N., Farias, D. S., Novaes, M. A. C., Rodrigues, S. G., Martins, L. C., Da Costa Vasconcelos, P. F., Ko, A. I., Alcântara, L. C. J. & De Siqueira, I. C., Nov 2016, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 95, 5, p. 1157-1160 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Zika Virus Infection
  • Zika Virus
  • Brazil
  • Cranial Nerve Diseases
  • Flavivirus
  59 Scopus citations

• Bunyavirus taxonomy: Limitations and misconceptions associated with the current ictv criteria used for species demarcation

  Blitvich, B. J., Beaty, B. J., Blair, C. D., Brault, A. C., Dobler, G., Drebot, M. A., Haddow, A. D., Kramer, L. D., LaBeaud, A. D., Monath, T. P., Mossel, E. C., Plante, K., Powers, A. M., Tesh, R. B., Turell, M. J., Vasilakis, N. & Weaver, S. C., 2018, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 99, 1, p. 11-16 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Orthobunyavirus
  • Viruses
  • Unclassified Viruses
  • Committee Membership
  • Containment of Biohazards
  9 Scopus citations

• A Tale of Two Viruses: Does Heterologous Flavivirus Immunity Enhance Zika Disease?

  Sariol, C. A., Nogueira, M. L. & Vasilakis, N., Mar 2018, In: Trends in Microbiology. 26, 3, p. 186-190 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Heterologous Immunity
  • Antibody-Dependent Enhancement
  • Flavivirus
  • Dengue Virus
  • Zika Virus
  19 Scopus citations

• A Screen of FDA-Approved Drugs for Inhibitors of Zika Virus Infection

  Barrows, N. J., Campos, R. K., Powell, S. T., Prasanth, K. R., Schott-Lerner, G., Soto-Acosta, R., Galarza-Muñoz, G., McGrath, E. L., Urrabaz-Garza, R., Gao, J., Wu, P., Menon, R., Saade, G., Fernandez-Salas, I., Rossi, S. L., Vasilakis, N., Routh, A., Bradrick, S. S. & Garcia-Blanco, M. A., Aug 10 2016, In: Cell Host and Microbe. 20, 2, p. 259-270 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Zika Virus Infection
  • Zika Virus
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations
  • Daptomycin
  • Bortezomib
  246 Scopus citations

• Arboretum and Puerto Almendras viruses: Two novel rhabdoviruses isolated from mosquitoes in Peru

  Vasilakis, N., Castro-Llanos, F., Widen, S. G., Aguilar, P. V., Guzman, H., Guevara, C., Fernandez, R., Auguste, A. J., Wood, T. G., Popov, V., Mundal, K., Ghedin, E., Kochel, T. J., Holmes, E. C., Walker, P. J. & Tesh, R. B., 2014, In: Journal of General Virology. 95, PART 4, p. 787-792 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Rhabdoviridae
  • Peru
  • Culicidae
  • Viruses
  • Whole Genome Sequencing
  29 Scopus citations

• An Infectious cDNA Clone of Zika Virus to Study Viral Virulence, Mosquito Transmission, and Antiviral Inhibitors

  Shan, C., Xie, X., Muruato, A. E., Rossi, S. L., Roundy, C. M., Azar, S. R., Yang, Y., Tesh, R. B., Bourne, N., Barrett, A. D., Vasilakis, N., Weaver, S. C. & Shi, P. Y., Jun 8 2016, In: Cell Host and Microbe. 19, 6, p. 891-900 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Zika Virus
  • Culicidae
  • Virulence
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Complementary DNA
  162 Scopus citations

• A newly isolated reovirus has the simplest genomic and structural organization of any reovirus

  Auguste, A. J., Kaelber, J. T., Fokam, E. B., Guzman, H., Carrington, C. V. F., Erasmus, J. H., Kamgang, B., Popov, V. L., Jakana, J., Liu, X., Wood, T. G., Widen, S. G., Vasilakis, N., Tesh, R. B., Chiu, W. & Weaver, S. C., 2015, In: Journal of virology. 89, 1, p. 676-687 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Reoviridae
  • Culicidae
  • Viruses
  • viruses
  • genomics
  35 Scopus citations

• A global genomic characterization of nairoviruses identifies nine discrete genogroups with distinctive structural characteristics and host-vector associations

  Walker, P. J., Widen, S. G., Wood, T. G., Guzman, H., Tesh, R. B. & Vasilakis, N., May 2016, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 94, 5, p. 1107-1122 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Nairovirus
  • Ticks
  • Nairobi Sheep Disease
  • Genotype
  • Viruses
  22 Scopus citations

• Age and sex in the zika pandemic era

  Rossi, S. L., Estofolete, C. F., Nogueira, M. L. & Vasilakis, N., Jun 1 2018, In: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 217, 11, p. 1675-1677 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations

• Adverse birth outcomes associated with Zika virus exposure during pregnancy in São José do Rio Preto, Brazil

  Nogueira, M. L., Nery Júnior, N. R. R., Estofolete, C. F., Bernardes Terzian, A. C., Guimarães, G. F., Zini, N., Alves da Silva, R., Dutra Silva, G. C., Junqueira Franco, L. C., Rahal, P., Bittar, C., Carneiro, B., Vasconcelos, P. F. C., Freitas Henriques, D., Barbosa, D. M. U., Lopes Rombola, P., de Grande, L., Negri Reis, A. F., Palomares, S. A., Wakai Catelan, M. & 14 others, Cruz, L. E. A. A., Necchi, S. H., Mendonça, R. C. V., Penha dos Santos, I. N., Alavarse Caron, S. B., Costa, F., Bozza, F. A., Soares de Souza, A., Brandão de Mattos, C. C., de Mattos, L. C., Vasilakis, N., Oliani, A. H., Vaz Oliani, D. C. M. & Ko, A. I., Jun 2018, In: Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 24, 6, p. 646-652 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Zika Virus
  • Brazil
  • Newborn Infant
  • Parturition
  • Pregnancy
  31 Scopus citations