NewLink Brings Flavivirus 'Dream Team' To Zika
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
NewLink Genetics Corp. is not just another company jumping on the bandwagon of the latest global health crisis – in this case, the Zika virus, a mosquito-borne illness rapidly spreading throughout Central and South America and certain US territories, with the first continental US transmission of the disease reported on Feb. 2, which apparently involved sexual contact.
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