Genetic and biological characterisation of Zika virus isolates from different Brazilian regions.

CONCLUSIONS: Genomic analysis of three recent ZIKV isolates revealed some nonsynonymous substitutions, which could have an impact on the viral fitness in mammalian and insect cells.
PMID: 31432892 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - August 24, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Strottmann DM, Zanluca C, Mosimann ALP, Koishi AC, Auwerter NC, Faoro H, Cataneo AHD, Kuczera D, Wowk PF, Bordignon J, Duarte Dos Santos CN Tags: Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz Source Type: research