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biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology

Complete genome sequences of identical Zika virus isolates in a nursing mother and her infant

Genome Announcements, Volume 5, No. 17, Article e0023117, Year 2017

Complete genome sequences were obtained for Zika viruses isolated from the breast milk of a Venezuelan patient and her child, who was exclusively breastfeeding at the time. These sequences are the first to be reported from a presumptive autochthonous postnatal transmission case from mother to child in Venezuela.
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Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health