Zika virus outbreak: an overview of the experimental therapeutics and treatment

VirusDisease

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 111-115

  Saxena, Shailendra K ^a   Elahi, Asif ^a   Gadugu, Srinivasulu ^a   Prasad, Anil K ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aedes species; Infectious disease; Microcephaly; Risk assessment and prevention; Treatment; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; PARACETAMOL; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; STEROL DERIVATIVE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTHRALGIA; ATROPA BELLADONNA; AYURVEDA; BED NET; BED REST; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EPIDEMIC; EUPATORIUM; EUPATORIUM PERFOLIATUM; FEVER; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEADACHE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROCEPHALY; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; PAIN; RAPID TEST; RASH; REVIEW; TOXICODENDRON PUBESCENS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER TREATMENT; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS;

EID: 84958775981     PISSN: 23473584     EISSN: 23473517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13337-016-0307-y     Document Type: Review

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