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Virus Zika: Inmunidad y desarrollo de vacunas

Theodore C Pierson¹, Barney S Graham²

¹Viral Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

|October 4, 2016

Resumen

El brote del virus Zika requirió el desarrollo rápido de una vacuna para prevenir defectos graves del desarrollo neurológico. Las vacunas prometedoras ofrecen esperanza para controlar la transmisión del virus del Zika y la enfermedad.

Área de la Ciencia:

Virología
Inmunología
Salud pública

Sus antecedentes:

La aparición del virus Zika en las Américas y el Caribe representó una amenaza significativa para la salud pública.
La infección por el virus Zika durante el embarazo puede causar graves defectos del desarrollo neurológico en los bebés.

Objetivo del estudio:

Para resumir la necesidad urgente de vacunas contra el virus Zika.
Destacar los avances en la comprensión de la inmunidad al Zika y el desarrollo de vacunas.

Principales métodos:

Revisión de la literatura científica reciente sobre la inmunidad al virus del Zika.
Análisis del desarrollo en curso de una vacuna candidata contra el Zika.

Principales resultados:

Se han logrado avances significativos en la comprensión de la inmunología del virus Zika.
Se están desarrollando varias vacunas prometedoras contra el Zika.

Conclusiones:

Las medidas preventivas contra el virus Zika son cada vez más factibles.
La investigación y el desarrollo continuos son cruciales para la seguridad sanitaria mundial.

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