Zika virus outbreak in Brazil

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 116-120

  Heukelbach, Jorg ^a,b   Alencar, Carlos Henrique ^a   Kelvin, Alyson Ann ^c   de Oliveira, Wanderson Kleber ^d   de Góes Cavalcanti, Luciano Pamplona ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Immune Diagnostics and Research   (Canada)

^d MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Chikungunya; Dengue virus; Flavivirus; Microcephaly; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE DISEASE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MICROCEPHALY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PREGNANCY DISORDER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION; AEDES; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; INSECT VECTOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO CONTROL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MICROCEPHALY; MOSQUITO CONTROL; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84959319322     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.8217     Document Type: Article

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