Containing zika while we wait for a vaccine

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 356, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Dhillon, Ranu S ^a   Srikrishna, Devabhaktuni ^b   Jha, Ashish K ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Patient Knowhow   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; VIRUS RNA; ZIKA VIRUS VACCINE; VIRUS VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AEROSOL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; AWARENESS; BABY; BED NET; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY; FLORIDA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HERD IMMUNITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; MALARIA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOSQUITO CONTROL; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUERTO RICO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA ANALYSIS; SAFE SEX; SCHOOL; SCREENING; SELF ADMINISTRATION TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SRI LANKA; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIREMIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOLUNTARY REPORTING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; IMMUNOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; VIRAL VACCINES; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85011277837     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j379     Document Type: Editorial

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