A recursive sub-typing screening surveillance system detects the appearance of the ZIKV African lineage in Brazil: Is there a risk of a new epidemic?

Int J Infect Dis

Instituto Gonçalo Moniz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Salvador, Brazil; Multinational Organization Network Sponsoring Translational and Epidemiological Research (MONSTER) Initiative, Salvador, Brazil.

Published: July 2020

There is currently no system to track the emergence of Zika virus (ZIKV) subtypes. We developed a surveillance system able to retrieve sequence submissions and further classify distinct ZIKV genotypes in the world. This approach was able to detect a new occurrence of ZIKV from an African lineage in Brazil in 2019.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.05.090DOI Listing

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