Potential exposure to Zika virus for foreign tourists during the 2016 Carnival and Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1904-1906

  Burattini, M N ^a,b   Coutinho, F A B ^a   Lopez, L F ^a,c   Ximenes, R ^a   Quam, M ^d   Wilder Smith, A ^e   Massad, E ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LEE KONG CHIAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Singapore)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DENGUE; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; GAME; HUMAN; MOSQUITO BITE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOURISM; ZIKA VIRUS; HISTORY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL; ZIKA FEVER;

ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; BRAZIL; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84962046031     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268816000649     Document Type: Article

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