Zika virus and microcephaly in Brazil: A scientific agenda

The Lancet

Volumn 387, Issue 10022, 2016, Pages 919-921

  Barreto, Mauricio L ^a   Barral Netto, Manoel ^a   Stabeli, Rodrigo ^a   Almeida Filho, Naomar ^b   Vasconcelos, Pedro F C ^c   Teixeira, Mauro ^d   Buss, Paulo ^a   Gadelha, Paulo E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Grupo de Pesquisa em Carcinologia e Biodiversidade Aquática   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAZIL; CROSS REACTION; DENGUE; FLAVIVIRUS; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MICROCEPHALY; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; YELLOW FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; VIROLOGY; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BRAZIL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MICROCEPHALY; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84960078234     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00545-6     Document Type: Note

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