The Zika virus was patented in 1947 by the Rockefeller https://www.lgcstandards-atcc.org/products/all/VR-84.aspx?geo_country=es#history Name of Depositor J. Casals, Rockefeller Foundation Source Blood from experimental forest sentinel rhesus monkey, Uganda, 1947 Year of Origin 1947 References Dick GW, Kitchen SF, and Haddow AJ. Zika Virus. I. Isolations and Serological Specificity. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 46: 509-520, 1952. PubMed: 12995440
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