Zika: A scourge in urban slums

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Snyder, Robert E ^a   Boone, Claire E ^a   Cardoso, Claudete A Araújo ^b   Aguiar Alves, Fabio ^b   Neves, Felipe P G ^b   Riley, Lee W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; VACCINE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; DENGUE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MICROCEPHALY; NONHUMAN; SPORT; URBAN POPULATION; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; AEDES; ANIMAL; BRAZIL; MOSQUITO VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; HUMANS; MOSQUITO VECTORS; POVERTY AREAS; URBAN POPULATION; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85016976048     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005287     Document Type: Article

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