Zika threatens to become a huge worldwide pandemic

The Aedes aegypti mosquito which transmits Zika virus (as well as dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever) represents a high risk for global transmission. This virus comes from Africa, the Zika forest in Uganda, where it was discovered in 1947 in a rhesus monkey. In May 2015, the first local cases were...

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Main Author: Alcides Troncoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-06-01
Series:Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221169116302921