Zika Virus: A Basic Overview of an Emerging Arboviral Infection in the Western Hemisphere

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 707-712

  Vest, Kelly G ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

arbovirus; epidemic; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PATHOGENICITY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS;

AMERICAS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84961937712     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2016.43     Document Type: Review

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