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Zika virus, a new threat for Europe?
2016-04-13
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<h4>Background:</h4> Since its emergence in 2007 in Micronesia and Polynesia, the arthropod-borne flavivirus Zika virus (ZIKV) has spread in the Americas and the Caribbean, following first detection in Brazil in May 2015. The risk of ZIKV emergence in Europe increases as imported cases are repeatedly reported. Together with chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and dengue virus (DENV), ZIKV is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoe...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 16d89cce-15e5-5f52-a65a-d4388364f0ac
- DOI
- 10.1101/048454
