Zika virus disease
The Zika virus is an arbovirus belonging to the virus family Flaviviridae. The virus was isolated in 1947 from a rhesus monkey in the Zika Forest of Uganda. The virus causes sporadic mild human infections in Africa and later in Asia. However, by 2007 a major shift in its infection pattern was notice...
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| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Saudi Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sjmms.net/article.asp?issn=1658-631X;year=2017;volume=5;issue=1;spage=2;epage=8;aulast=Al-Afaleq |