From: “Impact of age-specific immunity on the timing and burden of the next Zika virus outbreak”, M.J. Counotte, C.L. Althaus, N. Low, J. Riou (2019), PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 13(12) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007978 Zika Virus (ZIKV) is one of several mosquito-borne viruses of the flavivirus family. It was first identified as a distinct from other viruses in …
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From: “Sindbis virus polyarthritis outbreak signalled by virus prevalence in the mosquito vectors”, J.O. Lundström, J.C. Hesson, M.L. Schäfer, Ö. Östman, T. Semmler, M. Bekaert, M. Weidmann, Å. Lundkvist and M. Pfeffer (2019), PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007702 Sindbus virus (SINV) is a virus found across the world. Usually, it is transmitted between birds such …
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