Estimation of mosquito-borne and sexual transmission of Zika virus in Australia: Risks to blood transfusion safety.

• Main Authors: Elvina Viennet (Author), Francesca D Frentiu (Author), Craig R Williams (Author), Gina Mincham (Author), Cassie C Jansen (Author), Brian L Montgomery (Author), Robert L P Flower (Author), Helen M Faddy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Since 2015, Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreaks have occurred in the Americas and the Pacific involving mosquito-borne and sexual transmission. ZIKV has also emerged as a risk to global blood transfusion safety. Aedes aegypti, a mosquito well established in north and some part...