Mobile real-time surveillance of Zika virus in Brazil

The 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...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Genome medicine 2016-09, Vol.8 (1), p.97-97, Article 97
Hauptverfasser:	Faria, Nuno Rodrigues, Sabino, Ester C, Nunes, Marcio R T, Alcantara, Luiz Carlos Junior, Loman, Nicholas J, Pybus, Oliver G
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Comment Genetic aspects Genotype Identification and classification Infection control Methods
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Zusammenfassung:	The 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.
ISSN:	1756-994X 1756-994X
DOI:	10.1186/s13073-016-0356-2