title: Zika virus in Asia.
abstract: Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging mosquito-borne virus that was first isolated from a sentinel rhesus monkey in the Zika Forest in Uganda in 1947. In Asia, the virus was isolated in Malaysia from Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in 1966, and the first human infections were reported in 1977 in Central Java, Indonesia. In this review, all reported cases of ZIKV infection in Asia as of September 1, 2016 are summarized and some of the hypotheses that could currently explain the apparently low incidence of Zika cases in Asia are explored.
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
authors.forename: Veasna
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Duong
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dussart
authors.affiliation: GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, R&D Asia-Pacific, 150 Beach Road, 189720, Singapore. Electronic address: philippe.x.buchy@gsk.com.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Buchy
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000821:virology; D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D000071244:Zika Virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D000071243:Zika Virus Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*
keywords: Asia; Zika virus