Zika virus and microcephaly

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 374, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 984-985

  Rubin, Eric J ^a   Greene, Michael F ^b   Baden, Lindsey R ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC RNA;

AUTOPSY; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROCEPHALY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA VIRUS; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS CARRIER; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION; BRAIN; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; VIROLOGY;

BRAIN; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANCY; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84961022853     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1601862     Document Type: Editorial

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