Microcephaly and Zika virus infection

The Lancet

Volumn 387, Issue 10033, 2016, Pages 2070-2072

  Rodrigues, Laura C ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Microcephaly Epidemic Research Group (MERG)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FRENCH POLYNESIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROCEPHALY; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; FEMALE; MALE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANCY; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84961113851     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00742-X     Document Type: Note

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