Importation of Zika Virus in China: A significant risk in southern China

Journal of Infection

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 328-330

  Xiang, Bin ^a,b,c   Gao, Pei ^a,b,c   Kang, Yinfeng ^a,b,c,d   Ren, Tao ^a,b,c  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Prevention and Control of Guangdong   (China)

^c Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control for Severe Clinical Animal Diseases   (China)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BRAZIL; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LETTER; MICROCEPHALY; MOSQUITO VECTOR; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SYMPTOM; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TOPOGRAPHY;

CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, IMPORTED; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85010527299     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2017.01.004     Document Type: Letter

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