Zika Virus Spreads to New Areas - Region of the Americas, May 2015-January 2016

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1031-1034

  Hennessey, M ^a   Fischer, M ^a   Staples, J E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; INSECT REPELLENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PERMETHRIN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHIKUNGUNYA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; FLAVIVIRUS; HUMAN; MOSQUITO BITE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIKA VIRUS;

EID: 84959285709     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13743     Document Type: Article

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