In:

BMC Infectious Diseases

Authors:

Cheikh Tidiane Diagne, Diawo Diallo, Oumar Faye, Yamar Ba, Ousmane Faye, Alioune Gaye, Ibrahima Dia, Ousmane Faye, Scott C. Weaver, Amadou Alpha Sall and Mawlouth Diallo

Abstract

Background: Zika virus (ZIKV; genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae) is an emerging virus of medical importance maintained in a zoonotic cycle between arboreal Aedes spp. mosquitoes and nonhuman primates in African and Asian forests. Serological evidence and virus isolations have demonstrated widespread distribution of the virus in Senegal. Several mosquito species have been found naturally infected by ZIKV but little is known about their vector competence.

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