Pyriproxyfen and the microcephaly epidemic in Brazil - An ecological approach to explore the hypothesis of their association

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 774-776

  Militão de Albuquerque, Maria de Fatima P ^e   de Souza, Wayner V ^a   Mendes, Antônio da Cruz G ^a   Lyra, Tereza M ^a   Ximenes, Ricardo A A ^b   Araújo, Thália V B ^c   Braga, Cynthia ^a   Miranda Filho, Demócrito B ^c   Martelli, Celina M T ^a   Rodrigues, Laura C ^d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Microcephaly; Pyriproxyfen larvicide; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIPROXYFEN;

AEDES; ANIMAL; BRAZIL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MICROCEPHALY; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; VIROLOGY; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; MICROCEPHALY; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PREVALENCE; PYRIDINES; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85006080808     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160291     Document Type: Article

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