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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Aubry F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7876148 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20210210 1
The global emergence of Zika virus (ZIKV) revealed the unprecedented ability for a mosquito-borne virus to cause congenital birth defects. A puzzling aspect of ZIKV emergence is that all human outbreaks and birth defects to date have been exclusively associated with the Asian ZIKV lineage, despite a growing body of laboratory evidence pointing towards higher transmissibility and pathogenicity of the African ZIKV lineage. Whether this apparent paradox reflects the use of relatively old African ZI ...[more]