Zika virus in French Polynesia 2013–14: anatomy of a completed outbreak

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2018, Pages e172-e182

  Musso, Didier ^a   Bossin, Hervé ^a   Mallet, Henri Pierre ^b   Besnard, Marianne ^c   Broult, Julien ^c   Baudouin, Laure ^c   Levi, José Eduardo ^d,e   Sabino, Ester C ^d   Ghawche, Frederic ^c   Lanteri, Marion C ^f,g,h   Baud, David ⁱ  

^a INSTITUT LOUIS MALARDÉ   (French Polynesia)

^b Bureau de veille sanitaire   (French Polynesia)

^c Ho pital du Taaone   (French Polynesia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^f BLOOD SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h CERUS CORPORATION   (United States)

ⁱ LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRENCH POLYNESIA; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VECTOR CONTROL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS INFECTION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; POLYNESIA; RISK FACTOR;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; POLYNESIA; RISK FACTORS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85033777977     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30446-2     Document Type: Review

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