Zika virus infection and congenital anomalies in the Americas: opportunities for regional action

The Zika virus (ZIKV) was identified in 1947 in the Zika forest in Uganda, but recently it has emerged as a public health threat. The first evidence of human infection occurred in 1952, but only in April 2007 was the first outbreak in humans recognized. In the Americas, a ZIKV outbreak began in Braz...

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Main Authors: Larrandaburu, Mariela, Luiz Vianna, Fernanda Sales, Anjos da Silva, André, Nacul, Luis, Vieira Sanseverino, Maria Teresa, Schuler-Faccini, Lavínia
Format: Online Article Text
Language:English
Published: Organización Panamericana de la Salud 2017
Subjects:
Opinion and Analysis
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6645177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31384281
http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2017.174

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6645177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31384281
http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2017.174

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