Sentences with phrase «most flaviviruses»
«Most flaviviruses are zoonotic,» meaning they can be transmitted from animals to people, Gao says, «so infection of human beings can not be ruled out.»
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Genomic sequencing of the isolated virus revealed that it is closely related to Tembusu virus (a mosquito - borne Ntaya group flavivirus), with 87 — 91 % nucleotide identity of the partial E (envelope) proteins to that of Tembusu virus and 72 % of the entire genome coding sequence with Bagaza virus, the most closely related flavivirus with an entirely sequenced genome.
«We want to understand which PS receptors contribute the most to flavivirus infections and how we might block them,» Choe said.
So far there are no reports of the Zika virus entering the U.S. blood supply, but the FDA writes that «the risk of blood transmission is considered likely based on the most current scientific evidence of how Zika virus and similar viruses (flaviviruses) are spread and recent reports of transfusion - associated infection outside of the U.S.»