Zika Virus- A Global Health Emergency
Keywords:
Zikavirus, Microcephaly, Arbovirus
Abstract
Zika Virus is emerging as global emergency. We are presenting here a brief epidemiological profile, brief clinical features and preventive aspects of Zika virus fever globally.
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5. Besnard M, Lastère S, Teissier A, Cao-Lormeau VM, Musso D. Evidence of perinatal transmission of Zika virus, French Polynesia, December 2013 and February 2014 . Euro Surveill. 2014; 19(13):pii=20751. Article DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.13.20751.
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CITATION
DOI: 10.17511/ijmrr.2016.i01.025
Published: 2016-01-31
How to Cite
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Chandran R, Gedam DS. Zika Virus- A Global Health Emergency. Int J Med Res Rev [Internet]. 2016Jan.31 [cited 2024Nov.8];4(1):01-2. Available from: https://ijmrr.medresearch.in/index.php/ijmrr/article/view/424
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