Molecular evolution of Zika virus during its emergence in the 20(th) century.

• Main Authors: Oumar Faye (Author), Caio C M Freire (Author), Atila Iamarino (Author), Ousmane Faye (Author), Juliana Velasco C de Oliveira (Author), Mawlouth Diallo (Author), Paolo M A Zanotto (Author), Amadou Alpha Sall (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus first isolated in Uganda in 1947. Although entomological and virologic surveillance have reported ZIKV enzootic activity in diverse countries of Africa and Asia, few human cases were reported until 2007, when a Zika fever epidemic took place in Micron...