The emergence of zika virus as a global health security threat: A review and a consensus statement of the INDUSEM Joint working Group (JWG)

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-15

  Sikka, Veronica ^a   Chattu, Vijay Kumar ^b   Popli, Raaj K ^c   Galwankar, Sagar C ^d   Kelkar, Dhanashree ^d   Sawicki, Stanley G ^e   Stawicki, Stanislaw P ^f   Papadimos, Thomas J ^g  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c Digestive Disease Consultants of Central Florida   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^f ST LUKE S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (United States)

^g THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Flavivirus; Global health security; Public health; Public health emergency of international concern; Viral vector control; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EPIDEMIC; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; VECTOR CONTROL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84958968265     PISSN: 0974777X     EISSN: 09748245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-777X.176140     Document Type: Review

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