Outbreak of Zika virus infection in Singapore: an epidemiological, entomological, virological, and clinical analysis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 813-821

  Ho, Zheng Jie Marc ^a   Hapuarachchi, Hapuarachchige Chanditha ^a   Barkham, Timothy ^a   Chow, Angela ^a   Ng, Lee Ching ^a   Lee, Jian Ming Vernon ^a   Leo, Yee Sin ^a   Prem, Kiesha ^a   Lim, Yue Hui Georgina ^a   de Sessions, Paola F ^a   Rabaa, Maia A ^a   Chong, Chee Seng ^a   Tan, Cheong Huat ^a   Rajarethinam, Jayanthi ^a   Tan, Junhao ^a   Anderson, Danielle E ^a   Ong, Xinmei ^a   Cook, Alex R ^a   Chong, Chia Yin ^a   Hsu, Li Yang ^a   Yap, Grace ^a   Lai, Yee Ling ^a   Chawla, Tanu ^a   Pan, Louise ^a   Sim, Shuzhen ^a   Chen, I Cheng Mark ^a   Thoon, Koh Cheng ^a   Yung, Chee Fu ^a   Li, Jia Hui ^a   Ng, Hee Ling Deborah ^a   Nandar, Khine ^a   Ooi, Peng Lim ^a   Lin, Raymond Tzer Pin ^a   Aw, Pauline ^a   Uehara, Anna ^a   Pratim De, Partha ^a   Soon, Wendy ^a   Hibberd, Martin Lloyd ^a   Ng, Huck Hui ^a   Maurer Stroh, Sebastian ^a   Sessions, October M ^a   more..

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Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; LARVICIDAL AGENT; PYRETHROID; TEMEFOS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CHILD; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MOSQUITO VECTOR; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; URINE SAMPLING; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; ZIKA FEVER; ZOOLOGY; ANIMAL; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIROLOGY; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85019387117     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30249-9     Document Type: Article

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