Introduction and transmission of zika virus in Brazil: New challenges for the Americas

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 58, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Freitas, André Ricardo Ribas ^a,c   Angerami, Rodrigo Nogueira ^b,c   von Zuben, Andrea Paula Bruno ^c   Donalisio, Maria Rita ^b  

^a Departamento de Medicina Preventiva e Social   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c Departamento de Vigilância em Saúde de Campinas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE CARRIER; FLAVIVIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION; AEDES; ANIMAL; BRAZIL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; HUMANS; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84961566770     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1678-9946201658024     Document Type: Letter

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