Supported by a Charles and Mary Latham Fund(Q.T.);No.NIH/NIAID SC1AI112785(Q.T.);National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health,No.G12MD007597
The recent outbreak of the Zika virus attracts worldwide attention probably because the most recently affected country(Brazil) will host the 2016 Olympic Game. Zika virus infected cases are now spreading to many other...
Supported by Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria(INIA);No.ZIKA-BIO-2016-01
Zika virus(ZIKV) is a flavivirus(Flaviviridae family) transmitted mainly by Aedes mosquitoes. The virus was restricted to the African continent until its spread to south-east Asia in the 1980's, the Micronesia in 2007...