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Zika genomes provide clues to virus’ introduction to Brazil

Using genome sequences for a handful of Zika viruses (ZIKV), an international team estimates that the virus made its way to Brazil sometime in 2013, potentially piggybacking with travelers from affected areas in the...

31 March, 2016

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First virus genome analysis gives new insights into Brazilian Zika outbreak

The first genome analysis of the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil, which has been potentially linked to the birth condition microcephaly, offers new information on how and when the virus might have entered the Americas...

28 March, 2016

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Tracking Ebola virus genomes with ultra-small device

A device about the size of a small chocolate bar could offer a way to sequence the genomes of viruses. When poor countries, with limited infrastructure, experience disease outbreaks – as happened with Ebola in West...

4 May, 2015

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