Zika virus complete genome from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Marta Giovanetti; Nuno Rodrigues Faria; Marcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes; Janaina Mota de Vasconcelos; José Lourenço; Sueli Guerreiro Rodrigues; Joao Lidio Vianez Jr; Sandro Patroca da Silva; Poliana Silva Lemos; Fernando Neto Tavares; Darren Patrick Martin; Mateus Santana do Rosário; Isadora Cristina Siqueira; Massimo Ciccozzi; Oliver G Pybus; Tulio de Oliveira; Luiz Carlos Alcantara Junior

doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2016.03.030

Zika virus complete genome from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Infect Genet Evol. 2016 Jul:41:142-145. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.03.030. Epub 2016 Apr 9.

Authors

Marta Giovanetti¹, Nuno Rodrigues Faria², Marcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes³, Janaina Mota de Vasconcelos³, José Lourenço², Sueli Guerreiro Rodrigues³, Joao Lidio Vianez Jr³, Sandro Patroca da Silva³, Poliana Silva Lemos³, Fernando Neto Tavares³, Darren Patrick Martin⁴, Mateus Santana do Rosário⁵, Isadora Cristina Siqueira⁶, Massimo Ciccozzi⁷, Oliver G Pybus², Tulio de Oliveira⁸, Luiz Carlos Alcantara Junior⁶

Affiliations

¹ Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy. Electronic address: giovanetti.marta@gmail.com.
² Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK.
³ Instituto Evandro Chagas, Pará, Brazil.
⁴ Division of Computational Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁵ Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Hospital Santa Isabel, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
⁶ Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
⁷ National Institute of Healthy, Rome, Italy.
⁸ Africa Center, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.

PMID: 27071531
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.03.030

Abstract

In May 2015 the first autochthonous Zika virus infection was reported in Brazil. Rapid and urgent measures are needed to contain the ongoing outbreak. Here we report the full-length ZIKV coding sequence from Bahia. Genetic analysis of outbreak sequences will be essential for characterizing the diversity of circulating strains, identifying hotspots of virus transmission and guiding public health control. Rapid and urgent measures are needed to contain the ongoing outbreak.

Keywords: Full-length sequence; Phylogeny; Zika virus.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brazil
Female
Genome, Viral / genetics*
Humans
Middle Aged
Phylogeny
Zika Virus / genetics*
Zika Virus Infection / virology*