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Highly diversified Zika viruses imported to China, 2016

  • Yanjun Zhang 1 ,
  • Wenxian Chen 2 ,
  • Gary Wong 3 ,
  • Yuhai Bi 3,5,6 ,
  • Juying Yan 1 ,
  • Yi Sun 1 ,
  • Enfu Chen 1 ,
  • Hao Yan 1 ,
  • Xiuyu Lou 1 ,
  • Haiyan Mao 1 ,
  • Shichang Xia 1 ,
  • George F. Gao 3,5,6,7 ,
  • Weifeng Shi , 4 ,
  • Zhiping Chen , 1
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  • 1. 1Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China
  • 2. 2Yiwu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Yiwu 322000, China
  • 3. 3CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology (CASPMI), Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 4. 4Institute of Pathogen Biology, Taishan Medical College, Taian 271000, China
  • 5. 5Center for Influenza Research and Early-Warning (CASCIRE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 6. 6Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Immunity, Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital, Shenzhen 518112, China
  • 7. 7Office of Director-General, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), Beijing 102206, China

Published date: 20 Jun 2016

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Yanjun Zhang , Wenxian Chen , Gary Wong , Yuhai Bi , Juying Yan , Yi Sun , Enfu Chen , Hao Yan , Xiuyu Lou , Haiyan Mao , Shichang Xia , George F. Gao , Weifeng Shi , Zhiping Chen . Highly diversified Zika viruses imported to China, 2016[J]. Protein & Cell, 2016 , 7(6) : 461 -464 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-016-0274-5

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