Zika virus and pregnancy: A perspective from Brazil

Midwifery

Volumn 35, Issue , 2016, Pages 22-23

  Diniz, Simone Grilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROCEPHALY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

BRAZIL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84959342001     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2016.02.011     Document Type: Editorial

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