Identification of diagnostic peptide regions that distinguish Zika virus from related mosquito-borne Flaviviruses.

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a member of the Flavivirus genus of positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses, which includes Dengue, West Nile, Yellow Fever, and other mosquito-borne arboviruses. Infection by ZIKV can be difficult to distinguish from infection by other mosquito-borne Flaviviruses due to high...

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Main Authors: Alexandra J Lee, Roshni Bhattacharya, Richard H Scheuermann, Brett E Pickett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5451039?pdf=render