Isolation and characterization of Zika virus imported to China using C6/36 mosquito cells

Virol Sin. 2016 Apr;31(2):176-9. doi: 10.1007/s12250-016-3778-5.

Chenglin Deng¹, Siqing Liu¹, Qiuyan Zhang^{1

2}, Mingyue Xu^{1

2}, Honglei Zhang^{1

2}, Dayong Gu³, Lei Shi³, Jian'an He³, Gengfu Xiao⁴, Bo Zhang⁵

¹ Key Laboratory of Special Pathogens and Biosafety, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China.
² University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
³ The Central Laboratory of Health Quarantine, Shenzhen Travel Healthcare Center, Shenzhen Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Shenzhen, 518033, China.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China.
⁵ Key Laboratory of Special Pathogens and Biosafety, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China. zhangbo@wh.iov.cn.

Abstract