User profiles for Nikolaos Vasilakis

Nikos Vasilakis

Professor and Vice Chair for Research, University of Texas Medical Branch
Verified email at utmb.edu
Cited by 16277

Zika virus: History, emergence, biology, and prospects for control

…, AI Ko, GS Ribeiro, G Saade, PY Shi, N Vasilakis - Antiviral research, 2016 - Elsevier
Zika virus (ZIKV), a previously obscure flavivirus closely related to dengue, West Nile, Japanese
encephalitis and yellow fever viruses, has emerged explosively since 2007 to cause a …

Molecular evolution of dengue viruses: contributions of phylogenetics to understanding the history and epidemiology of the preeminent arboviral disease

SC Weaver, N Vasilakis - Infection, genetics and evolution, 2009 - Elsevier
Dengue viruses (DENV) are the most important arboviral pathogens in tropical and subtropical
regions throughout the world, putting at risk of infection nearly a third of the global human …

[PDF][PDF] A screen of FDA-approved drugs for inhibitors of Zika virus infection

…, G Saade, I Fernandez-Salas, SL Rossi, N Vasilakis… - Cell host & …, 2016 - cell.com
Currently there are no approved vaccines or specific therapies to prevent or treat Zika virus (ZIKV)
infection. We interrogated a library of FDA-approved drugs for their ability to block …

[HTML][HTML] Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2016

…, K Tomonaga, N Tordo, JS Towner, N Vasilakis… - Archives of …, 2016 - Springer
In 2016, the order Mononegavirales was emended through the addition of two new families (Mymonaviridae
and Sunviridae), the elevation of the paramyxoviral subfamily …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of a novel murine model to study Zika virus

…, RM Langsjoen, S Paessler, N Vasilakis… - The American journal …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The mosquito-borne Zika virus (ZIKV) is responsible for an explosive ongoing outbreak of
febrile illness across the Americas. ZIKV was previously thought to cause only a mild, flu-like …

The emergence of arthropod-borne viral diseases: A global prospective on dengue, chikungunya and zika fevers

SV Mayer, RB Tesh, N Vasilakis - Acta tropica, 2017 - Elsevier
Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) present a substantial threat to human and animal health
worldwide. Arboviruses can cause a variety of clinical presentations that range from mild …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus infection and stillbirths: a case of hydrops fetalis, hydranencephaly and fetal demise

…, LA Santos, N Nery Jr, N Vasilakis… - PLoS neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background The rapid spread of Zika virus in the Americas and current outbreak of microcephaly
in Brazil has raised attention to the possible deleterious effects that the virus may have …

[HTML][HTML] Fever from the forest: prospects for the continued emergence of sylvatic dengue virus and its impact on public health

N Vasilakis, J Cardosa, KA Hanley… - Nature Reviews …, 2011 - nature.com
The four dengue virus (DENV) serotypes that circulate among humans emerged independently
from ancestral sylvatic progenitors that were present in non-human primates, following …

Zika, chikungunya, and other emerging vector-borne viral diseases

SC Weaver, C Charlier, N Vasilakis… - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) have a long history of emerging to infect humans, but
during recent decades, they have been spreading more widely and affecting larger …

Dengue—quo tu et quo vadis?

R Chen, N Vasilakis - Viruses, 2011 - mdpi.com
Dengue viruses (DENV) are by far the most important arboviral pathogens in the tropics around
the world, putting at risk of infection nearly a third of the global human population. DENV …