Harmonisation of Zika virus research protocols to address key public health concerns

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2016, Pages e911-e912

  Van Kerkhove, Maria D ^a,b   Reveiz, Ludovic ^c   Souza, Joao Paulo ^d   Jaenisch, Thomas ^e,f   Carson, Gail ^g   Broutet, Nathalie ^d  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Consortium for the Standardization of Influenza Seroepidemiology ^*  (United States)

^c PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f Management and Surveillance (IDAMS)   (United Kingdom)

^g International Severe and Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infections Consortium   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); LETTER; MICROCEPHALY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS INFECTION; ZIKA VIRUS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK; ZIKA FEVER;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84999853087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30255-8     Document Type: Letter

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