First laboratory confirmation on the existence of Zika virus disease in India

Journal of Infection

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 314-317

  Sapkal, Gajanan N ^a   Yadav, Pragya D ^a   Vegad, Mahendra M ^b   Viswanathan, Rajlakshmi ^a   Gupta, Nivedita ^c   Mourya, Devendra T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

^b B J MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; LABORATORY; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VIRUS STRAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; YOUNG ADULT; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85031825580     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2017.09.020     Document Type: Letter

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