Zika virus in the Americas: Early epidemiological and genetic findings

Rodrigues Faria, Nuno; do Socorro da Silva Azevedo, Raimunda; U. G. Kraemer, Moritz; Souza, Renato; Sequetin Cunha, Mariana; C. Hill, Sarah; Thézé, Julien; B. Bonsall, Michael; A. Bowden, Thomas; Rissanen, Ilona; Maria Rocco, Iray; Silva Nogueira, Juliana; Yurika Maeda, Adriana; Giseli da Silva Vasami, Fernanda; Luiz de Lima Macedo, Fernando; Suzuki, Akemi; Guerreiro Rodrigues, Sueli; Cecilia Ribeiro Cruz, Ana; Tardeli Nunes, Bruno; Barbosa de Almeida Medeiros, Daniele; Sueli Guerreiro Rodrigues, Daniela; Louize Nunes Queiroz, Alice; Vieira Pinto da Silva, Eliana; Freitas Henriques, Daniele; Salbe Travassos da Rosa, Elisabeth; Silva de Oliveira, Consuelo; Caricio Martins, Livia; Baldez Vasconcelos, Helena; Medeiros Neves Casseb, Livia; de Brito Simith, Darlene; P. Messina, Jane; Abade, Leandro; Lourenço, José; Carlos Junior Alcantara, Luiz; Maia de Lima, Maricélia; Giovanetti, Marta; I. Hay, Simon; Santos de Oliveira, Rodrigo; da Silva Lemos, Poliana; Freitas de Oliveira, Layanna; Pereira Silva de Lima, Clayton; Patroca da Silva, Sandro; Mota de Vasconcelos, Janaina; Franco, Luciano; Ferreira Cardoso, Jedson; Lídio da Silva Gonçalves Vianez-Júnior, João; Mir, Daiana; Bello, Gonzalo; Delatorre, Edson; Khan, Kamran; Creatore, Marisa; Evelim Coelho, Giovanini; Kleber de Oliveira, Wanderson; Tesh, Robert; G. Pybus, Oliver; R. T. Nunes, Marcio; F. C. Vasconcelos, Pedro

doi:10.1126/science.aaf5036

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Zika virus in the Americas: Early epidemiological and genetic findings

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Authors:

Nuno Rodrigues Faria

Raimunda do Socorro da Silva Azevedo

Moritz U. G. Kraemer

Abstract

Zika virus genomes from Brazil The Zika virus outbreak is a major cause for concern in Brazil, where it has been linked with increased reports of otherwise rare birth defects and neuropathology. In a phylogenetic analysis, Faria et al. infer a single introduction of Zika to the Americas and estimate...

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