The global threat of Zika virus to pregnancy: Epidemiology, clinical perspectives, mechanisms, and impact

BMC Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Boeuf, Phillipe ^a,b   Drummer, Heidi E ^a,b,c   Richards, Jack S ^a,b,c   Scoullar, Michelle J L ^a,b   Beeson, James G ^a,b,c  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biology; Economic cost; Epidemiology; Microcephaly; Pathogenesis; Placenta; Pregnancy; Public health

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOST; HUMAN; LIFE THREAT; MATERNAL WELFARE; MICROCEPHALY; NONHUMAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRUS ENTRY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; COMPLICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; PANDEMIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; VIROLOGY; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MICROCEPHALY; PANDEMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84988421055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-016-0660-0     Document Type: Article

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