Population-based microcephaly surveillance in the United States, 2009 to 2013: An analysis of potential sources of variation

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 972-982

  Cragan, Janet D ^a   Isenburg, Jennifer L ^a,b   Parker, Samantha E ^c   Alverson, C J ^a   Meyer, Robert E ^d   Stallings, Erin B ^a,b   Kirby, Russell S ^e   Lupo, Philip J ^f   Liu, Jennifer S ^a,g   Seagroves, Amanda ^a,b   Ethen, Mary K ^h   Cho, Sook Ja ⁱ   Evans, MaryAnn ^j   Liberman, Rebecca F ^k   Fornoff, Jane ^l   Browne, Marilyn L ^m   Rutkowski, Rachel E ^e   Nance, Amy E ⁿ   Anderka, Marlene ^o   Fox, Deborah J ^m   Steele, Amy ⁿ   Copeland, Glenn ^p   Romitti, Paul A ^q   Mai, Cara T ^a   more..

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b Carter Consulting Inc   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Division of Public Health   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g FREDERICK NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

^h TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

ⁱ MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^j OREGON PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION   (United States)

^k MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^l ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^m NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

ⁿ UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^o National Birth Defects Prevention Network   (United States)

^p Division of Vital Statistics   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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Author keywords

head circumference; microcephaly; prevalence; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MICROCEPHALY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; ZIKA FEVER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84997173224     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23587     Document Type: Article

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