Abstract
Editorial summaryThe World Health Organization has declared Zika virus an international public health emergency. Knowledge of Zika virus genomic epidemiology is currently limited due to challenges in obtaining and processing samples for sequencing. The ZiBRA project is a United Kingdom–Brazil collaboration that aims to improve this situation using new sequencing technologies.
Highlights
Background to the Zika epidemic On1 February 2016, the World Health Organization declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in response to the transmission of Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas and beyond
ZIKV was first isolated as early as 1947, only 13 naturally occurring cases were identified in the six decades following its discovery, in Nigeria, Malaysia, and Indonesia [1]
The profile of the virus changed in 2007, when an outbreak of ZIKV was reported in the Yap islands, Micronesia, after which three-quarters of the local population are estimated to have been infected [1]
Summary
Background to the Zika epidemic On1 February 2016, the World Health Organization declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in response to the transmission of Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas and beyond. The first suspected cases of ZIKV infection in the Americas were detected in Brazil in early March 2015 in Natal (Rio Grande do Norte state) [2] and Camaçari (Bahia state) [3].
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