@article{0e3874d9f5344abda32ec87dba5a1093,
title = "Potential Mechanisms for Enhanced Zika Epidemic and Disease",
abstract = "A number of mechanisms have driven the explosive epidemics and severe diseases of Zika virus since 2007. Here, we comment on how herd immunity, heterologous flavivirus preimmunity, and viral mutations could enhance the epidemic potential and disease severity of Zika virus in humans.",
author = "Hongjie Xia and Xuping Xie and Chao Shan and Shi, {Pei Yong}",
note = "Funding Information: P.-Y.S. was supported by University of Texas STARs Award, CDC grant for the Western Gulf Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Diseases, Pan American Health Organization grant SCON2016-01353, the Kleberg Foundation Award, UTMB CTSA UL1TR-001439, and NIH grant AI127744. Funding Information: P.-Y.S. was supported by University of Texas STARs Award, CDC grant for the Western Gulf Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Diseases, Pan American Health Organization grant SCON2016-01353, the Kleberg Foundation Award, UTMB CTSA UL1TR-001439 and NIH grant AI127744. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 American Chemical Society.",
year = "2018",
month = may,
day = "11",
doi = "10.1021/acsinfecdis.8b00004",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "4",
pages = "656--659",
journal = "ACS Infectious Diseases",
issn = "2373-8227",
publisher = "American Chemical Society",
number = "5",
}