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
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
- Hospital Internacional Barquisimeto,
- University of Florida,
- Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado,
- Policlínica Barquisimeto,
- University of Florida College of Medicine
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e0023117Journal (Volume, Issue Number)
Genome Announcements (Volume 5, Issue 17)Publication milestones
- Published - 2017
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Published - 2017
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- Scopus: 85020220391
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.
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