The rise of Zika infection and microcephaly: what can we learn from a public health emergency?

Public Health

Volumn 150, Issue , 2017, Pages 87-92

  McCloskey, B ^a   Endericks, T ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency response; Global Health Security; Lessons identified; Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC); WHO; Zika

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIKA VIRUS DISEASE;

BRAZIL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIKA FEVER; EMERGENCY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

UNITED KINGDOM; WEST AFRICA;

ZIKA VIRUS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MICROCEPHALY; PUBLIC HEALTH; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85031713945     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2017.05.008     Document Type: Review

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