Zika virus Outbreak, Barbados, 2015–2016

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1857-1859

  Ryan, Sadie J ^a,b   Lippi, Catherine A ^a   Carlson, Colin J ^c,d   Stewart Ibarra, Anna M ^e   Borbor Cordova, Mercy J ^f   Romero, Moory ^e   Cox, Shelly Ann ^g   Mahon, Roché ^g   Trotman, Adrian ^g   Rollock, Leslie ^h   Gittens St Hilaire, Marquita ^h,i   King, Desmond ^g   Daniel, Steven ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DEL LITORAL   (Ecuador)

^g Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology Husbands   (Barbados)

^h Ministry of Health   (Barbados)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARBADOS; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; ZIKA VIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIC; GLOBAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT; ZIKA FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BARBADOS; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85048264957     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0978     Document Type: Article

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