Complete coding sequence of Zika virus from Martinique outbreak in 2015.

G Piorkowski (1) , P Richard (2) , C Baronti (1, 3, 4) , P Gallian (3, 1, 5) , R Charrel (4, 1) , I Leparc-Goffart (6) , X de Lamballerie (1)

1 EPV - Emergence des Pathologies Virales
2 UAG UFR SM - Université des Antilles et de la Guyane - UFR des sciences médicales
3 IHU Marseille - Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection
4 APHM - Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille
5 EFS - Alpes-Méditerranée - Etablissement Français du Sang - Alpes-Méditerranée
6 Centre National de Référence (CNR) des Arbovirus - Laboratoire coordonnateur : Equipe Résidente de Recherche d'Infectiologie Tropicale (ERRIT),

Zika virus is an Aedes-borne Flavivirus causing fever, arthralgia, myalgia rash, associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome and suspected to induce microcephaly in the fetus. We report here the complete coding sequence of the first characterized Caribbean Zika virus strain, isolated from a patient from Martinique in December, 2015.

Domaines: Hématologie

G Piorkowski, P Richard, C Baronti, P Gallian, R Charrel, et al.. Complete coding sequence of Zika virus from Martinique outbreak in 2015.. New Microbes and New Infections, 2016, 11, pp.52-3. ⟨hal-01331574⟩