Fatal Zika virus disease in adults: A critical reappraisal of an under-recognized clinical entity

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 83, Issue , 2019, Pages 160-162

  Rodríguez Morales, Alfonso J ^a,b   Ramírez Vallejo, Eduardo ^a,b,c   Alvarado Arnez, Lucia Elena ^d   Paniz Mondolfi, Alberto ^b,e,f,g,h   Zambrano, Lysien I ^b,i,j   Ko, Albert I ^k,l  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PEREIRA   (Colombia)

^b Colombian Collaborative Network of Zika ^*  (Colombia)

^c Eduardo Ramirez Vallejo Cardiologia SAS   (Colombia)

^d Universidad Privada Franz Tamayo   (Bolivia)

^e Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas   (Venezuela)

^f Venezuelan Science Incubator and the Zoonosis and Emerging Pathogens regional Collaborative Network   (Venezuela)

^g Instituto Internacional de Estudios Avanzados IDEA   (Venezuela)

^h Academia Nacional de Medicina   (Venezuela)

ⁱ NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF HONDURAS   (Honduras)

^j FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^k YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARBOVIRUS; ARBOVIRUS INFECTION; AUTOPSY; CHIKUNGUNYA; COINFECTION; DENGUE; EDITORIAL; FLAVIVIRUS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MICROCEPHALY; MYOCARDITIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VIRUS INFECTION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS;

EID: 85063372872     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.03.002     Document Type: Editorial

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