Zika virus in Brazil and the danger of infestation by Aedes (Stegomyia) mosquitoes

Abstract Zika virus, already widely distributed in Africa and Asia, was recently reported in two Northeastern Brazilian: State of Bahia and State of Rio Grande do Norte, and one Southeastern: State of São Paulo. This finding adds a potentially noxious virus to a list of several other viruses that ar...

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Main Authors: Carlos Brisola Marcondes, Maria de Fátima Freire de Melo Ximenes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2015-01-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822015005003102&lng=en&tlng=en