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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