Notes on Zika virus - An emerging pathogen now present in the South Pacific

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-7

  Derraik, José G ^a   Slaney, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; TRAVEL; ZIKA VIRUS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; TRAVEL; ZIKA VIRUS;

EID: 84922276783     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12302     Document Type: Note

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