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Metagenomic investigation of febrile illness in Pakistan reveals global transmission and co-circulation of Zika and Dengue viruses
2025-03-13
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We report the first identification of Zika virus in Pakistan following genomic and serological analyses of blood samples from 20 patients with febrile illness. In November 2021, an outbreak of dengue-like illness occurred in the metropolitan city of Karachi. Viral genome capture and sequencing of seven patients revealed six cases of dengue virus serotype 2 and two Zika virus infections, including one dengue and Zi...
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- Literature Corpus work
- d48b1563-acf5-5e40-a6b2-ef5fe07fa7d9
- DOI
- 10.1101/2025.03.10.25322803