Zika virus as a cause of neurologic disorders

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 374, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 1506-1509

  Broutet, Nathalie ^a   Krauer, Fabienne ^b   Riesen, Maurane ^b   Khalakdina, Asheena ^a   Almiron, Maria ^c   Aldighieri, Sylvain ^c   Espinal, Marcos ^c   Low, Nicola ^b   Dye, Christopher ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETOTOXICITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MICROCEPHALY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTROPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA VIRUS; AEDES; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; VIROLOGY; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MICROCEPHALY; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84962870368     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1602708     Document Type: Review

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