In:

The Lancet

Authors:

Didier Musso, Van Mai Cao-Lormeau, Duane J Gubler

On May 7, 2015, the Pan American Health Organization issued an alert about potential Zika virus (ZIKV) transmission in northeast Brazil.1 This has now been confirmed with wide spread of the disease, underscoring the potential for ZIKV to spread globally, similar to dengue (DENV) and chikungunya (CHIKV) viruses.

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