Investigating the sexual transmission of Zika virus

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2018, Pages e24-e25

  Kim, Caron R ^a   Counotte, Michel ^b   Bernstein, Kyle ^c   Deal, Carolyn ^d   Mayaud, Philippe ^e   Low, Nicola ^b   Broutet, Nathalie ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; NOTE; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VIRUS INFECTIVITY; ZIKA VIRUS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; MALE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIKA FEVER;

FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85037645025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30419-9     Document Type: Note

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