Investigating the Role of Easter Island in Migration of Zika Virus from South Pacific to Americas
Published in Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
Recommended citation: Delatorre E, Fernández J, Bello G. Role of Easter Island in migration of Zika virus from South Pacific to Americas. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 [date cited].
Abstract
The role of Easter Island in the dissemination of Zika virus from the Pacific islands into the Americas remains unclear. We analyzed new Zika virus sequences from Eastern Island and found that Zika virus was independently disseminated from French Polynesia into the Americas and Easter Island at around the same time.
