Increasing genetic diversity of Zika virus in the Latin American outbreak

Emerging Microbes and Infections

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Shi, Weifeng ^a   Zhang, Zhenjie ^a   Ling, Cheng ^b   Carr, Michael J ^c,d   Tong, Yigang ^e   Gao, George F ^f,g  

^a SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG FIRST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^f CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^g INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LETTER; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VIRUS GENOME; ZIKA VIRUS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; VIROLOGY; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84977598395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22221751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emi.2016.68     Document Type: Letter

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