Zika Virus: Two or Three Lineages?

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 521-522

  Gong, Zhen ^a   Gao, Yuxia ^a   Han, Guan Zhu ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

classification; evolution; microcephaly; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

CELL LINEAGE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; MICROCEPHALY; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; ZIKA VIRUS; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY; ZIKA FEVER;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84969510038     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2016.05.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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