A recursive sub-typing screening surveillance system detects the arising of the ZIKV African lineage in Brazil: Is there risk of a new epidemic?

The zika fever is a self-limiting disease caused by the Zika virus (ZIKV) infection, which is transmitted by Aedes aegypti (Weaver et al. 2016). As the first reported epidemics happened in African and Asian continents, ZIKV is classically classified in three lineages: East African, West African, and Asian. Moreover, the Asian lineage is further classified by geographical origin as Micronesian, Cambodian and Malaysian (Haddow et al., 2012). The strains isolated during the outbreak in Brazil were classified as Asian lineage (Faria et al.
Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Short Communication Source Type: research