Zika virus transmission — Region of the Americas, May 15, 2015–December 15, 2016

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 329-334

  Ikejezie, Juniorcaius ^a   Shapiro, Craig N ^b   Kim, Jisoo ^a   Chiu, Monica ^a   Almiron, Maria ^a   Ugarte, Ciro ^a   Espinal, Marcos A ^a   Aldighieri, Sylvain ^a  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TIME FACTOR; TRANSMISSION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

AMERICAS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; TIME FACTORS; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85016623377     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6612a4     Document Type: Note

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