Low risk of a sexually-transmitted Zika virus outbreak

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1100-1102

  Yakob, Laith ^a   Kucharski, Adam ^a   Hue, Stephane ^a   Edmunds, W John ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84990041377     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30324-3     Document Type: Note

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