The emerging zika pandemic: Enhancing preparedness

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 315, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 865-866

  Lucey, Daniel R ^a   Gostin, Lawrence O ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE;

AEDES; AFRICA; BED NET; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAZIL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EL SALVADOR; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEXICO; MICROCEPHALY; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PANDEMIC; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PHILIPPINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUERTO RICO; SHORT SURVEY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; EMERGENCY; HEALTH SURVEY; MOSQUITO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANDEMICS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIROLOGY;

ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; MICROCEPHALY; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PANDEMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84959294525     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.0904     Document Type: Short Survey

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