Zika Virus: Emergence and Emergency

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 75-76

  Higgs, Stephen ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARBOVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MICROCEPHALY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS SURVIVAL; ZIKA VIRUS; AEDES; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; INSECT VECTOR; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; PREGNANCY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANCY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84957875173     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2016.29001.hig     Document Type: Editorial

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