Investigating the Role of Easter Island in Migration of Zika Virus from South Pacific to Americas

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Delatorre, Edson ; Fernández, Jorge ; Bello, Gonzalo
• Description:
  The role of Easter Island in the dissemination of Zika virus from the Pacific islands into the Americas remains unclear. We analyzed new Zika virus sequences from Eastern Island and found that Zika virus was independently disseminated from French Polynesia into the Americas and Easter Island at around the same time.
• Subjects:
  Epidemics Migration Mosquitoborne Phylogeny Research Letter Vector-borne Infections Viruses Zika Virus
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(11):2119-2121
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Pacific Islands ; Americas ; Polynesia
• Location:
  Oceania
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4276d9888661318eb11c8f0385cb3ce3b345096c51ce36dfd399b88e210e3e6fc015dc6a6525bd755045dcfc0d383f8840adec5139ad9e604922029436b2dce7
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/60395/cdc_60395_DS1.pdf
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