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M. C. de Lima

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Citations -  803

M. C. de Lima is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Zika virus. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 724 citations.

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Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas

Nuno R. Faria, +78 more
- 15 Jun 2017 - 
TL;DR: The origin and epidemic history of ZIKV in Brazil and the Americas remain poorly understood, despite the value of this information for interpreting observed trends in reported microcephaly and other birth defects as mentioned in this paper.
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Estabelecimento e transmissão crítica do vírus Zika no Brasil e nas Américas/Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas

TL;DR: Analyses of viral genomes with ecological and epidemiological data yield an estimate that ZikV was present in northeast Brazil by February 2014 and is likely to have disseminated from there, nationally and internationally, before the first detection of ZIKV in the Americas.