Zika Pandemic - Recent threat to mankind
Keywords:
Zika virus, public health emergency, Aedes mosquito, Flaviviridae
Abstract
Recently more than 13 countries in the Americas have reported sporadic Zika virus infections indicating rapid geographic expansion of Zika virus.
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2. Pierson TC, Diamond MS. Flaviviruses. In: Knipe DM, Howley PM, Cohen IC, et al., eds. Fields virology. 6th ed. Vol. 1. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer, 2014:746-794.
3. Zika Virus in the Caribbean". Travelers' Health: Travel Notices. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 15 January 2016
4. Morens DM, Fauci AS. Chikungunya at the door--déjà vu all over again? N Engl J Med. 2014 Sep 4;371(10):885-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1408509. Epub 2014 Jul 16.
5. Petersen EE, Staples JE, Meaney-Delman D, Fischer M, Ellington SR, Callaghan WM, Jamieson DJ. Interim Guidelines for Pregnant Women During a Zika Virus Outbreak - United States, 2016. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 Jan 22;65(2):30-3. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6502e1.
6. Fauci AS, Morens DM. Zika Virus in the Americas--Yet Another Arbovirus Threat. N Engl J Med. 2016 Feb 18;374(7):601-4. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1600297. Epub 2016 Jan 13.
CITATION
DOI: 10.17511/jopm.2015.i01.01
Published: 2019-08-29
How to Cite
Patel, U., Gedam, D. S., & Patel, V. K. (2019). Zika Pandemic - Recent threat to mankind. Tropical Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 1(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.17511/jopm.2015.i01.01
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