Zika threatens to become a huge worldwide pandemic
The Aedes aegypti mosquito which transmits Zika virus (as well as dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever) represents a high risk for global transmission. This virus comes from Africa, the Zika forest in Uganda, where it was discovered in 1947 in a rhesus monkey. In May 2015, the first local cases were...
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| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2016-06-01
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| Series: | Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221169116302921 |