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Emerging Infectious Diseases/CDC

Authors:

Maria Theresa Alera, Laura Hermann, Ilya A. Tac-An, Chonticha Klungthong, Wiriya Rutvisuttinunt, Wudtichai Manasatienkij, Daisy Villa, Butsaya Thaisomboonsuk, John Mark Velasco, Piyawan Chinnawirotpisan, Catherine B. Lago, Vito G. Roque, Jr., Louis R. Macareo, Anon Srikiatkhachorn, Stefan Fernandez, In-Kyu Yoon

Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquitoborne flavivirus, was first isolated from a rhesus monkey in Uganda in 1947. This positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus (family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus) has a 10,794-nt genome and is most closely related to Spondweni virus. Phylogenetic analyses have revealed 2 major lineages: Asian and African.

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