Zika virus: An emerging flavivirus

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 204-219

  Yun, Sang Im ^a   Lee, Young Min ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

arbovirus; flavivirus; Guillain Barr syndrome; microcephaly; mosquito borne virus; pathogenesis; replication; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; COMPLICATION; CONGENITAL DISORDER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSMISSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS REPLICATION; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85014040310     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 19763794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-017-7063-6     Document Type: Review

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