Abstract
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a flavivirus transmitted by the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, responsible for outbreaks of Zika fever, which remains with the potential to generate major global public health impacts. In 2015/16, the virus caused a major outbreak in Brazil, resulting in several cases of congenital Zika syndrome in fetuses and newborns of infected mothers and Guillain-Barré syndr…