Estimated Zika virus importations to Europe by travellers from Brazil

Global Health Action

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Massad, Eduardo ^a,b   Tan, Ser Han ^c   Khan, Kamran ^d   Wilder Smith, Annelies ^e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Brazil; Europe; Importations; Travel; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969548776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v9.31669     Document Type: Article

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