%0 Journal Article %T The expanding spectrum of modes of transmission of Zika virus: a global concern %A Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales %A Antonio Carlos Bandeira %J Archive of "Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials". %D 2016 %R 10.1186/s12941-016-0128-2 %X During recent years, but particularly since 2015, concern on Zika virus has grown for multiple reasons, such as its association with the occurrence of Guillain¨CBarr¨¦ syndrome and microcephaly [1, 2]. Nevertheless, in addition to all epidemiological implications of the outbreak in Latin America [3] the number of affected cases continue to rise and expected to reach over four million in 2016, adding to this the possibility of new modes of transmission %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4776405/