Zika and the risk of microcephaly

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 375, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-4

  Johansson, Michael A ^a,c   Mier Y Teran Romero, Luis ^a   Reefhuis, Jennita ^b   Gilboa, Suzanne M ^b   Hills, Susan L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FRANCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; MICROCEPHALY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; BRAZIL; COMPLICATION; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; VIROLOGY; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

BRAZIL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84978035499     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1605367     Document Type: Review

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