Zika Virus in Gabon (Central Africa) - 2007: A New Threat from Aedes albopictus?

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Grard, Gilda ^a   Caron, Mélanie ^a,b   Mombo, Illich Manfred ^a,b   Nkoghe, Dieudonné ^a,c   Mboui Ondo, Statiana ^a   Jiolle, Davy ^a,b   Fontenille, Didier ^b   Paupy, Christophe ^a,b   Leroy, Eric Maurice ^a,b  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b University de Montpellier   (France)

^c Ministère de la Santé Publique   (Gabon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; FLAVIVIRUS; GABON; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; ZIKA FLAVIVIRUS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; GABON; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84895742716     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002681     Document Type: Article

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