Zika virus disease, microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome in Colombia: Epidemiological situation during 21 months of the Zika virus outbreak, 2015-2017

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Méndez, Nelson ^a   Oviedo Pastrana, Misael ^a   Mattar, Salim ^a,c   Caicedo Castro, Isaac ^a   Arrieta, German ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CÓRDOBA   (Colombia)

^b University Corporation of the Caribbean CECAR   (Colombia)

^c Clínica Salud Social   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Culicidae; Education; Epidemiology; Infectious diseases vectors; Morbidity; Nervous system congenital abnormalities; Population; Public health professional

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032736985     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13690-017-0233-5     Document Type: Article

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