A theoretical estimate of the risk of microcephaly during pregnancy with Zika virus infection

Epidemics

Volumn 15, Issue , 2016, Pages 66-70

  Nishiura, Hiroshi ^a,b,d   Mizumoto, Kenji ^a,c,d   Rock, Kat S ^a   Yasuda, Yohei ^a,b   Kinoshita, Ryo ^a,b,d   Miyamatsu, Yuichiro ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brazil; Gestation; Microcephaly; Statistical estimation; Zika infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; DENGUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCEPHALY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL STUDY; ZIKA FEVER; FEMALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84962082088     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: 18780067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2016.03.001     Document Type: Article

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