Zika virus: A global threat to humanity: A comprehensive review and current developments

North American Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 123-128

  Hajra, Adrija ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Dhrubajyoti ^b   Hajra, Shyamal Kumar ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c NMB Diagnostics   (India)

Author keywords

Aedes mosquitoes; Microcephaly; Pregnancy; Zika virus (ZIKV)

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

AEDES; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE DISEASE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INFECTION PREVENTION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROCEPHALY; MOSQUITO BITE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERINATAL INFECTION; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84961774520     PISSN: 22501541     EISSN: 19472714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1947-2714.179112     Document Type: Review

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