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Sexually Transmitted Infections

Authors:

Andrés M Patiño-Barbosa, Ivonne Medina, Andrés Felipe Gil-Restrepo, Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales

Zika virus is an Aedes-borne virus (Flaviviridae family), identified in 1947 in monkey rhesus sera in Uganda and in 1954 in humans.1 2 It was considered endemic in Africa and South West Asia. After 2007, outbreaks in Yap State, Micronesia and French Polynesia have been of high relevance.2 In 2014–2015 it has also begun to be of importance in the Americas, with outbreaks in Eastern Islands, Chile and more recently in Brazil (17 confirmed cases up to 30 May 2015).

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