Genomic and phenotypic analyses suggest moderate fitness differences among Zika virus lineages
G. Oliveira, C. B. F. Vogels, A. Zolfaghari, S. Saraf, R. Klitting, J. Weger-Lucarelli, C. O. Ontiveros, R. Agarwal, K. P. Leon, K. A. Tsetsarkin, E. Harris, G. D. Ebel, S. Wohl, N. D. Grubaugh, K. G. Andersen
The paper analyzes genomic and phenotypic data from Zika virus lineages to assess fitness differences during the 2015-2016 epidemic, finding moderate fitness changes but no significant virulence or transmission enhancement.
bioRxiv · Feb 1, 2022Evolutionary Biology