Could clinical symptoms be a predictor of complications in Zika virus infection? – Authors' reply

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10042, 2016, Pages 338-339

  Cauchemez, Simon ^a,b   Besnard, Marianne ^c   Garel, Catherine ^d   Fontanet, Arnaud ^a,e   Mallet, Henri Pierre ^f  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c French Polynesia Hospital Centre   (French Polynesia)

^d ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^e University of Paris Cité   (France)

^f Direction de la Santé   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FRENCH POLYNESIA; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZIKA FEVER; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; ZIKA VIRUS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANCY; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84982908671     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31017-0     Document Type: Letter

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