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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Research from R.S. Lanciotti and colleagues has provided new data on emerging infectious diseases
September 16th, 2008
"Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus first isolated in Uganda from a sentinel monkey in 1947," scientists writing in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases report. "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," wrote R.S. Lanciotti and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "We report the genetic and serologic properties of the ZIKV associated with this...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-16)
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