Article
Molecular evolution of Zika virus during its emergence in the 20(th) century.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jan 2014
Faye Oumar, Freire Caio C M, Iamarino Atila, Faye Ousmane, de Oliveira Juliana Velasco C, Diallo Mawlouth, Zanotto Paolo M A, Sall Amadou Alpha
Abstract excerpt
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus first isolated in Uganda in 1947. Although entomological and virologic surveillance have reported ZIKV enzootic activity in diverse countries of Africa and Asia, few human cases were reported until 2007, when a Zika fever epidemic took place in Micronesia. In the context of West Africa, the WHO Collaborating Centre for Arboviruses and Hemorrhagic Fever at Institut...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
