Zika virus emergence in mosquitoes in southeastern Senegal, 2011.

Zika virus (ZIKV; genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae) is maintained in a zoonotic cycle between arboreal Aedes spp. mosquitoes and nonhuman primates in African and Asian forests. Spillover into humans has been documented in both regions and the virus is currently responsible for a large outbreak...

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Main Authors: Diawo Diallo, Amadou A Sall, Cheikh T Diagne, Oumar Faye, Ousmane Faye, Yamar Ba, Kathryn A Hanley, Michaela Buenemann, Scott C Weaver, Mawlouth Diallo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4195678?pdf=render