Zika virus, emergencies, uncertainty and vulnerable populations

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-6

  Brett Major, D M ^a   Roth, C E ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flavivirus; Microcephaly; Outbreak; Public health emergency; Zika

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CULEX; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; FLAVIVIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RISK; LIMB WEAKNESS; MICROCEPHALY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL CARE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROCEDURES; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROCEPHALY; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84962146765     PISSN: 14782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4997/JRCPE.2016.102     Document Type: Note

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