Zika virus, vectors, reservoirs, amplifying hosts, and their potential to spread worldwide: what we know and what we should investigate urgently | Zendy

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Zika virus, vectors, reservoirs, amplifying hosts, and their potential to spread worldwide: what we know and what we should investigate urgently

Author(s) -

Rengina Vorou

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.05.014

Subject(s) - zika virus , mansonia , aedes albopictus , vector (molecular biology) , aedes , biology , anopheles , arbovirus , virology , virus , zoology , veterinary medicine , ecology , malaria , aedes aegypti , larva , dengue fever , immunology , medicine , biochemistry , gene , recombinant dna

The widespread epidemic of Zika virus infection in South and Central America and the Caribbean in 2015, along with the increased incidence of microcephaly in fetuses born to mothers infected with Zika virus and the potential for worldwide spread, indicate the need to review the current literature regarding vectors, reservoirs, and amplification hosts.

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