Zika virus infection and associated neurologic disorders in Brazil

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 376, Issue 16, 2017, Pages 1591-1593

  De Oliveira, Wanderson K ^a   Carmo, Eduardo H ^a   Henriques, Claudio M ^b   Coelho, Giovanini ^a   Vazquez, Enrique ^c   Cortez Escalante, Juan ^c   Molina, Joaquin ^c   Aldighieri, Sylvain ^d   Espinal, Marcos A ^d   Dye, Christopher ^e  

^a MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Brazil)

^d PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; LETTER; MICROCEPHALY; PREVALENCE; ZIKA FEVER; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

BRAZIL; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85017710676     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1608612     Document Type: Letter

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