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Viral metagenomics reveals the presence of novel Zika virus variants in Aedes mosquitoes from Barbados.
Parasites & vectors - 29 Jun 2021
Thannesberger J, Rascovan N, Eisenmann A, Klymiuk I, Zittra C, Fuehrer H P, Scantlebury-Manning T, Gittens-St Hilaire M, Austin S, Landis R C, Steininger C
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BACKGROUND: The Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic of 2015/2016 spread throughout numerous countries. It emerged in mainland Latin America and spread to neighboring islands, including the Caribbean island of Barbados. Recent studies have indicated that the virus must have already been circulating in local mosquito populations in Brazil for almost 2 years before it was identified by the World Health Organization in 2015....
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