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Letter to the Editors

Increasing genetic diversity of Zika virus in the Latin American outbreak

Weifeng ShiInstitute of Pathogen Biology, Taishan Medical College, Taian, Shandong Province271000, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Zhenjie ZhangInstitute of Pathogen Biology, Taishan Medical College, Taian, Shandong Province271000, China
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Cheng LingCollege of Information Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing100029, China
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Michael J CarrGlobal Station for Zoonosis Control, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Sapporo001-0020, Japan;National Virus Reference Laboratory, University College Dublin, Dublin4, Ireland
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Yigang TongState Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing100101, China
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George F GaoChinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing102206, China;Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100101, China
Pages 1-3 | Received 27 Mar 2016, Accepted 05 Apr 2016, Published online: 25 Jan 2019

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