Preliminary report of microcephaly potentially associated with Zika virus infection during pregnancy — Colombia, January–November 2016

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 65, Issue 49, 2016, Pages 1409-1413

  Cuevas, Esther Liliana ^a   Tong Van, T ^b   Rozo, Nathaly ^a   Valencia, Diana ^b   Pacheco, Oscar ^a   Gilboa, Suzanne M ^b   Mercado, Marcela ^a   Renquist, Christina M ^b   González, Maritza ^a   Ailes, Elizabeth C ^b   Duarte, Carolina ^a   Godoshian, Valerie ^b   Sancken, Christina L ^b   Turca, Angelica Maria Rico ^a   Calles, Dinorah L ^b   Ayala, Martha ^a   Morgan, Paula ^b   Perez, Erika Natalia Tolosa ^a   Bonilla, Hernan Quijada ^a   Gomez, Ruben Caceres ^a   Estupiñan, Ana Carolina ^c   Gunturiz, Maria Luz ^a   Meaney Delman, Dana ^b   Jamieson, Denise J ^b   Honein, Margaret A ^b   Martínez, Martha Lucia Ospina ^a   more..

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

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

^c Programa Nacional de Prevención y Control de la Tuberculosis   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MICROCEPHALY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85007494905     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6549e1     Document Type: Article

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