Genetic and Serologic Properties of Zika Virus Associated with an Epidemic, Yap State, Micronesia, 2007

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus first isolated in Uganda from a sentinel monkey in 1947. Mosquito and sentinel animal surveillance studies have demonstrated that ZIKV is endemic to Africa and Southeast Asia, yet reported human cases are rare, with <10 cases reported in the litera...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 14; no. 8; pp. 1232 - 1239
Main Authors: Lanciotti, Robert S., Kosoy, Olga L., Laven, Janeen J., Velez, Jason O., Lambert, Amy J., Johnson, Alison J., Stanfield, Stephanie M., Duffy, Mark R.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 01.08.2008
Subjects:
Antibodies, Viral - blood
Base Sequence
Disease Outbreaks
Flavivirus
Humans
Immunoglobulin G - blood
Immunoglobulin M - blood
laboratory diagnosis
Micronesia - epidemiology
Phylogeny
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Viral - genetics
RT-PCR
Serologic Tests
serology
Zika virus
Zika Virus - genetics
Zika Virus - isolation & purification
Zika Virus Infection - diagnosis
Zika Virus Infection - epidemiology
Zika Virus Infection - virology
Micronesia
ISSN:1080-6040, 1080-6059, 1080-6059
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Summary:Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus first isolated in Uganda from a sentinel monkey in 1947. Mosquito and sentinel animal surveillance studies have demonstrated that ZIKV is endemic to Africa and Southeast Asia, yet reported human cases are rare, with <10 cases reported in the literature. In June 2007, an epidemic of fever and rash associated with ZIKV was detected in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia. We report the genetic and serologic properties of the ZIKV associated with this epidemic.
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ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1408.080287