Epidemic establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas
Nuno Rodrigues Faria, Joshua Quick, Ingra Morales Claro, Julien Thézé, Jhennifer Guimarães Lourenço de Jesus, Marta Giovanetti, Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Sarah Catherine Hill, Allison Black, Antônio Charlys da Costa, L.C. Franco, Marcelo Sousa Silva, Chieh‐Hsi Wu, Jayna Raghwani, Simon Cauchemez, , Oliver G. Pybus
The paper uses ZIKV genomes to estimate the origin and spread of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas, providing a timeframe for baseline microcephaly rates.
bioRxiv · Mar 27, 2017 · PreprintGenomics