Is Zika a substantial risk for visitors to the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games?

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10039, 2016, Pages 25-

  Massad, Eduardo ^a,b   Coutinho, Francisco Antonio Bezerra ^a   Wilder Smith, Annelies ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

^c LEE KONG CHIAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ATHLETE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIO DE JANEIRO (STATE); SEASONAL VARIATION; SPORT; SUMMER; TOURISM; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; ANIMAL; BRAZIL; HISTORY; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; ATHLETES; BRAZIL; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84977561976     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30842-X     Document Type: Letter

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