Defining the syndrome associated with congenital Zika virus infection

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 406-406A

  Costello, Anthony ^a   Dua, Tarun ^a   Duran, Pablo ^a   Gülmezoglu, Metin ^a   Oladapo, Olufemi T ^a   Perea, William ^a   Pires, João ^a   Ramon Pardo, Pilar ^b   Rollins, Nigel ^a   Saxena, Shekhar ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDITORIAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MICROCEPHALY; NEUROIMAGING; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SPASTICITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYNDROME; VIRUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIKA VIRUS; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; CONGENITAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; VIROLOGY; ZIKA FEVER;

ZIKA VIRUS;

BRAZIL; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SYNDROME; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84971432091     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.16.176990     Document Type: Editorial

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