Estimated global exportations of Zika virus infections via travellers from Brazil from 2014 to 2015

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Quam, Mikkel B ^a   Wilder Smith, Annelies ^b,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Air passengers; Brazil; Exportation; Travel; Zika

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIC; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN; HUMAN; TRAVEL; TRAVEL RELATED DISEASE; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

BRAZIL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAVEL; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85013700698     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taw059     Document Type: Article

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