The Convergence of a Virus, Mosquitoes, and Human Travel in Globalizing the Zika Epidemic

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 674-679

  Imperato, Pascal James ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Guillain Barr syndrome; Kisubi Catholic Mission; Microcephaly; Zika Forest and Pascal James Imperato; Zika virus; Zika virus and travel; Zika virus infection

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; GLOBAL HEALTH; HISTORY; HUMAN; MOSQUITO VECTOR; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL; UGANDA; VIROLOGY; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; EPIDEMICS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MOSQUITO VECTORS; TRAVEL; UGANDA; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84960375330     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: 15733610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-016-0177-7     Document Type: Review

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