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Vector has released a partial Zika sequence exported to Russia from Goa, India. Sequence shows obvious recombination between older Asian sequences and those from the Americas.

Central Research Institute of Epidemiology in Moscow has released a partial Zika sequence from a traveler from Dominican Republic collected May 6, 2016.

Second Zika case recorded in RussiaApril 22, 2016 INTERFAX Two Zika virus cases have been recorded in Russia as of today, the director of the Russian consumer rights watchdog (Rospotrebnadzor) and Russia's chief epidemiologist, Anna Popova, told Interfax on April 22. "More than three million people have been examined as of today. A total of 201 people with symptoms of infectious diseases have been recorded. Of them, 39 have been examined for the presence of the Zika virus," she said. "As of today, two [Zika] cases have been confirmed," she added. The second person diagnosed with the Zika virus is a tourist who recently visited the Dominican Republic, Popova said. All nece…

Central Research Institute of Epidemiology has released partial Zika sequence from urine collected Mar 22, 2016, Dominican_Rep-Rus-2-2016.

Partial NS2 sequence, Dominican Rep-Rus-2016, from Moscow ex-Dominican Republic Feb 2016 urine collection http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KU872850

Media reporting first Russia Zika import, Moscow ex-Dominican Republic. http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/559613.html

State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology 'Vector' has released a partial February 2016 Zika sequence, Moscow-2016, from a Moscow traveler infected in the Dominican Republic.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KU844090.1