Zika spread secrets tracked through new gene sequencing study

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Last Posted: May 27, 2017

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• Zika spread secrets tracked through new gene sequencing study  
  Oxford University, May 2017
• Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of Zika virus into the United States  
  Grubaugh ND, et al. Nature, May 24, 2017.
• Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas  
  Faria NR, et al. Nature, May 24, 2017.
• Zika virus evolution and spread in the Americas  
  Metsky HC, et al. Nature, May 24, 2017.
• Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of Zika virus into the United States  
  ND Grubaugh et al, Nature, May 24, 2017
• Zika virus likely circulated in the Americas long before its detection during the 2015-16 epidemic  
  Broad Institute, May 24, 2017
• De Novo Generation and Characterization of New Zika Virus Isolate Using Sequence Data from a Microcephaly Case.  
  Setoh Yin Xiang et al. mSphere (3)
• Outbreak of Zika virus infection in Singapore: an epidemiological, entomological, virological, and clinical analysis.  
   et al. The Lancet. Infectious diseases 2017 May
• Evolutionary enhancement of Zika virus infectivity in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.  
  Liu Yang et al. Nature 2017 May
• Reverse Genetics of Zika Virus.  
  Shan Chao et al. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 2017 47-58
• Stability of Zika Virus in Urine: Specimen Processing Considerations and Implications for the Detection of RNA Targets in Urine.  
  Tan Susanna K et al. Journal of virological methods 2017 May
• Complete Genome Sequences of Identical Zika virus Isolates in a Nursing Mother and Her Infant.  
  Blohm Gabriela M et al. Genome announcements 2017 Apr (17)
• Insights into intercontinental spread of Zika virus.  
  Liang Dachao et al. PloS one 2017 (4) e0176710
• Point of sampling detection of Zika virus within a multiplexed kit capable of detecting dengue and chikungunya.  
  Yaren Ozlem et al. BMC infectious diseases 2017 Apr (1) 293
• Evidence of Zika Virus RNA Fragments in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) Field-Collected Eggs From Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil.  
  Smartt Chelsea T et al. Journal of medical entomology 2017 Apr
• Zika virus genome biology and molecular pathogenesis.  
  Wang Anyou et al. Emerging microbes & infections 2017 Mar (3) e13

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