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Discovery of a persistent Zika virus lineage in Bahia, Brazil

Year: 2016

Type: preprint

Abstract: Metagenomic next-generation sequencing coupled with capture probe enrichment was used to recover 11 whole and partial Zika virus (ZIKV) genomes from patients in Bahia, Brazil from April 2015 to January 2016, where the majority of suspected Brazilian ZIKV cases have been reported. Phylogenetic reconstructions and molecular clock analyses using the newly generated data uncovered the existence of a Bahia-specific ZIKV lineage sharing a common ancestor in mid-2014, indicating sustained circulation of this strain in Bahia since that date.

Source: bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

DOI: 10.1101/049916

Authors: Samia N. Naccache, Julien Thézé, Silvia I. Sardi, Sneha Somasekar, Alexander L. Greninger, Antonio C. Bandeira, Gubio S. Campos, Laura B. Tauro, Nuno R. Faria, Oliver G. Pybus, Charles Y. Chiu

Institutions: University of California, San Francisco, University of Oxford, Universidade Federal da Bahia, University of Washington, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Evandro Chagas

Language: English

Topic: Mosquito-borne diseases and control

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: United States Agency for International Development, Abbott Laboratories, European Commission, National Institutes of Health

Awards: G2973790809, G3207356259, G393177772, G5264681042, G5702163051, G9000033183, G9000052741

OpenAlex ID: W2344579117

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