Outbreak of Zika virus disease in the Americas and the association with microcephaly, congenital malformations and Guillain-Barré syndrome

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 600-602

  Ladhani, Shamez N ^a,b   OConnor, Catherine ^a   Kirkbride, Hilary ^a   Brooks, Tim ^a   Morgan, Dilys ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Guillain Barre syndrome; microcephaly; trave; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE FATALITY RATE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; EUROPE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MICROCEPHALY; MYALGIA; NEONATOLOGIST; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMPLICATION; CONGENITAL DISORDER; EPIDEMIC; GLOBAL HEALTH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GLOBAL HEALTH; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MICROCEPHALY; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84961833566     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-310590     Document Type: Article

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