Tag: high throughput sequencing

An African Lineage Zika Virus Infecting Free-Living Neotropical Primates in Southern Brazil

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal.  Mosquito-borne orthoflaviviruses are maintained in cycles involving mosquito and vertebrate hosts. Zika Virus persists in nature in a transmission cycle involving NHPs and also infects humans. Its recent emergence in Brazil has indicated the importance of surveying this virus in Brazilian sylvatic environments. The objective of this […]