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

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Public Health Institute of Chile. Santiago, Chile.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

Abstract

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.

Keywords in Portuguese

Pesquisa
Migração
Zika Vírus
Ilha de Páscoa
Américas

Keywords

Easter Island
Migration
Zika Virus
South Pacific
Americas
Investigation

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Citation

DELATORRE, Edson; FERNÁNDEZ, Jorge; BELLO, Gonzalo. Investigating the Role of Easter Island in Migration of Zika Virus from South Pacific to Americas. Emerging Infectious Diseases, v. 24, n. 11, p. 2119-2121, Nov. 2018.

DOI

10.3201/eid2411.180586

ISSN

1080-6040

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/31436

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