Will Zika return to the ‘Old World’?

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 527-528

  Hotez, Peter J ^a,b,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; AFRICA; ASIA; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRATION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; URBAN AREA; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HISTORY; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84975732639     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2016.05.003     Document Type: Editorial

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