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Zika vaccine hopes raise as 2 virus strains are isolated
Chinese scientists have successfully isolated two Zika virus strains, which will assist research into a possible vaccination and the transmission pattern of the mosquitoborne disease that has triggered a global health emergency .
Chinese scientists have successfully isolated two Zika virus strains, which will assist research into a possible vaccination and the transmission pattern of the mosquito borne disease that has triggered a global health emergency .
The two strains were isolated from blood and urine samples from two patients, Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday . The urine test was the first successful isolation from a sample such as that, according to the Academy of Military Medical Sciences and Guangzhou No. 8 People's Hospital. With five confirmed imported Zika virus cases and the weather beginning to warm up across the country , China is on high alert.
The isolation can help scientists study the transmission pattern of the virus while provide a foundation for the invention of reagent and vaccine. Chinese scientists announced on Monday they had decoded the gene sequence of the first imported Zika virus.The virus has been reported in at least 34 countries.
