Animals in the Zika Virus Life Cycle: What to Expect from Megadiverse Latin American Countries.

• Main Authors: Marina Galvão Bueno (Author), Nádia Martinez (Author), Lívia Abdalla (Author), Claudia Nunes Duarte Dos Santos (Author), Marcia Chame (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Zika virus (ZIKV) was first isolated in 1947 in primates in Uganda, West Africa. The virus remained confined to the equatorial regions of Africa and Asia, cycling between infecting monkeys, arboreal mosquitoes, and occasionally humans. The ZIKV Asiatic strain was probably introduced into Brazil in o...