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A recursive sub-typing screening surveillance system detects the appearance of the ZIKV African lineage in Brazil: Is there a risk of a new epidemic?
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 1 Jul 2020
Kasprzykowski José I, Fukutani Kiyoshi F, Fabio Helton, Fukutani Eduardo R, Costa Larissa C, Andrade Bruno B, Queiroz Artur T L
Abstract excerpt
There is currently no system to track the emergence of Zika virus (ZIKV) subtypes. We developed a surveillance system able to retrieve sequence submissions and further classify distinct ZIKV genotypes in the world. This approach was able to detect a new occurrence of ZIKV from an African lineage in Brazil in 2019.
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