Investigating the Role of Easter Island in Migration of Zika Virus from South Pacific to Americas

The role of Easter Island in the dissemination of Zika virus from the Pacific islands into the Americas remains unclear. We analyzed new Zika virus sequences from Eastern Island and found that Zika virus was independently disseminated from French Polynesia into the Americas and Easter Island at arou...

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Autores principales: Delatorre, Edson, Fernández, Jorge, Bello, Gonzalo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6200010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30334729
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2411.180586
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description The role of Easter Island in the dissemination of Zika virus from the Pacific islands into the Americas remains unclear. We analyzed new Zika virus sequences from Eastern Island and found that Zika virus was independently disseminated from French Polynesia into the Americas and Easter Island at around the same time.
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spelling pubmed-62000102018-11-08 Investigating the Role of Easter Island in Migration of Zika Virus from South Pacific to Americas Delatorre, Edson Fernández, Jorge Bello, Gonzalo Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter The role of Easter Island in the dissemination of Zika virus from the Pacific islands into the Americas remains unclear. We analyzed new Zika virus sequences from Eastern Island and found that Zika virus was independently disseminated from French Polynesia into the Americas and Easter Island at around the same time. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6200010/ /pubmed/30334729 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2411.180586 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Delatorre, Edson
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Bello, Gonzalo
Investigating the Role of Easter Island in Migration of Zika Virus from South Pacific to Americas
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title_full Investigating the Role of Easter Island in Migration of Zika Virus from South Pacific to Americas
title_fullStr Investigating the Role of Easter Island in Migration of Zika Virus from South Pacific to Americas
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title_short Investigating the Role of Easter Island in Migration of Zika Virus from South Pacific to Americas
title_sort investigating the role of easter island in migration of zika virus from south pacific to americas
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6200010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30334729
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2411.180586
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