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==Organism== | ==Organism== | ||
*Zika virus, also known as '''''ZIKV''''', is an enveloped, icosahedral virus with a single-stranded, positive sense RNA genome. The most closely related virus is the [[Spondweni virus]].<ref name="Fields">Fields | *Zika virus, also known as '''''ZIKV''''', is an enveloped, icosahedral virus with a single-stranded, positive sense RNA genome. The most closely related virus is the [[Spondweni virus]].<ref name="Fields">FIELDS, B. N., KNIPE, D. M., & HOWLEY, P. M. (2007). Fields virology. Philadelphia, Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.</ref> | ||
==Refererences== | ==Refererences== | ||
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Revision as of 21:28, 14 December 2015
This page is about microbiologic aspects of the organism(s). For clinical aspects of the disease, see Zika virus infection.
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Nate Michalak, B.A.
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Organism
- Zika virus, also known as ZIKV, is an enveloped, icosahedral virus with a single-stranded, positive sense RNA genome. The most closely related virus is the Spondweni virus.[1]
Refererences
- ↑ FIELDS, B. N., KNIPE, D. M., & HOWLEY, P. M. (2007). Fields virology. Philadelphia, Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.