Zika virus has arrived in Singapore

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1317-1319

  Leo, Yee Sin ^a   Chow, Angela ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEIGHBORHOOD; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RESIDENT; SINGAPORE; URINALYSIS; VECTOR CONTROL; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTOR; MALE; PREGNANCY; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SINGAPORE; YOUNG ADULT; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85004028283     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30448-0     Document Type: Note

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