Contributions of Genetic Evolution to Zika Virus Emergence

Mosquito-borne Zika virus (ZIKV) was considered an obscure virus causing only mild or self-limited symptoms until the explosive outbreaks in French Polynesia in 2013–2014 and in the Americas in 2015–2016, resulting in more than 700,000 cases of the disease, with occasional miscarriage and severe con...

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Main Authors: Su-Jhen Hung, Sheng-Wen Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.655065/full