The Difficult Design of Epidemiologic Studies on Zika Virus and Pregnancy

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 531-532

  Harville, Emily W ^a   Althabe, Fernando A ^a,b   Bréart, Gérard ^a,c   Buekens, Pierre ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

^c PARIS DESCARTES UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESEARCH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MICROCEPHALY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STUDY DESIGN; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RESEARCH DESIGN; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84995395703     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12312     Document Type: Note

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