Zika virus infection: Epidemiology, clinical manifestations and diagnosis

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 459-466

  Calvet, Guilherme Amaral ^a   Dos Santos, Flavia Barreto ^b   Sequeira, Patricia Carvalho ^b  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Guillain Barr syndrome; Microcephaly; Sexual transmission; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS OUTCOME; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROCEPHALY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA FEVER; BRAZIL; COMPLICATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIROLOGY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

AMERICAS; BRAZIL; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MICROCEPHALY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84982835392     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000301     Document Type: Review

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