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Potential Mechanisms for Enhanced Zika Epidemic and Disease.
ACS infectious diseases - 11 May 2018
Xia Hongjie, Xie Xuping, Shan Chao, Shi Pei-Yong
Abstract excerpt
A number of mechanisms have driven the explosive epidemics and severe diseases of Zika virus since 2007. Here, we comment on how herd immunity, heterologous flavivirus preimmunity, and viral mutations could enhance the epidemic potential and disease severity of Zika virus in humans.
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