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Isolation, identification and genomic characterization of the Asian lineage Zika virus imported to China

Dear Editor,Zika virus(ZIKV)used to be an unknown mosquito-borne flavivirus,and maintained its limited sylvatic circulation in a few African and Asian countries(Enfissi et al.,2016).Based on available clinical data,the symptoms in human infections with ZIKV are supposed to be similar to other arbovi...

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Published in:Science China. Life sciences 2016-04, Vol.59 (4), p.428-430
Main Authors: Deng, Yong-Qiang, Zhao, Hui, Li, Xiao-Feng, Zhang, Na-Na, Liu, Zhong-Yu, Jiang, Tao, Gu, Da-Yong, Shi, Lei, He, Jian-An, Wang, Hong-Jiang, Sun, Zhao-Zeng, Ye, Qing, Xie, Dong-Yang, Cao, Wu-Chun, Qin, Cheng-Feng
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Summary:Dear Editor,Zika virus(ZIKV)used to be an unknown mosquito-borne flavivirus,and maintained its limited sylvatic circulation in a few African and Asian countries(Enfissi et al.,2016).Based on available clinical data,the symptoms in human infections with ZIKV are supposed to be similar to other arbovirus infections such as dengue,and characterized by fever,skin rashes,conjunctivitis,muscle and joint pain,malaise,and headache(Duffy et al.,2009).
ISSN:1674-7305
1869-1889
DOI:10.1007/s11427-016-5043-4