Complete coding sequence of Zika virus from Martinique outbreak in 2015

G. Piorkowski (1, 2) , P. Richard (3) , C. Baronti (1, 2) , P. Gallian (1, 2, 4) , R. Charrel (1, 2) , I. Leparc-Goffart (5) , X. De Lamballerie (1, 2)

1 EPV - Emergence des Pathologies Virales
2 IHU Marseille - Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection
3 EFS Martinique - Etablissement français du sang [Fort-de-France, Martinique]
4 EFS - Alpes-Méditerranée - Etablissement Français du Sang - Alpes-Méditerranée
5 IRBA - Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées [Antenne Marseille]

Zika virus is an Aedes-borne Flavivirus causing fever, arthralgia, myalgia rash, associated with Guillain–Barré syndrome and suspected to induce microcephaly in the fetus. We report here the complete coding sequence of the first characterized Caribbean Zika virus strain, isolated from a patient from Martinique in December, 2015.

Keywords: microcephaly; Aedes; Outbreak; Zika virus

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology

G. Piorkowski, P. Richard, C. Baronti, P. Gallian, R. Charrel, et al.. Complete coding sequence of Zika virus from Martinique outbreak in 2015. New Microbes and New Infections, 2016, 11, pp.52-53. ⟨10.1016/j.nmni.2016.02.013⟩. ⟨hal-01768370⟩