Zika virus and the 2016 Olympic Games

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1001-1003

  Attaran, Amir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BRAZIL; GAME; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIO DE JANEIRO (STATE); TOURISM; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; SPORT; VIROLOGY;

HUMANS; SPORTS; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84999635130     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30230-4     Document Type: Letter

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