Complete genome sequences of identical Zika virus isolates in a nursing mother and her infant

Gabriela M. Blohm, John A. Lednicky, Marilianna Márquez, Sarah K. White, Julia C. Loeb, Carlos A. Pacheco, David J. Nolan, Taylor Paisie, Marco Salemi, Alfonso J. Rodríguez-Morales, J. Glenn Morris, Juliet R.C. Pulliam, Alejandra S. Carrillo, Juan D. Plaza, Alberto E. Paniz-Mondolfi

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Abstract

Complete genome sequences were obtained for Zika viruses isolated from the breast milk of a Venezuelan patient and her child, who was exclusively breastfeeding at the time. These sequences are the first to be reported from a presumptive autochthonous postnatal transmission case from mother to child in Venezuela.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere0023117
JournalGenome Announcements
Volume5
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes

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