Zika virus outbreak: ‘a perfect storm’

2016/01/01 by Jing-Wen Ai, Ying Zhang, Wenhong Zhang · 1 citation
Medicine · #Mosquito-borne diseases and control #Viral Infections and Vectors #Malaria Research and Control #Zika virus #Microcephaly #Outbreak #Virology #Pandemic #Public health #Virus #Medicine #Disease #RNA virus #Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) #Biology #Infectious disease (medical specialty) #RNA #Pediatrics #Pathology

paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/emi.2016.42

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Abstract

Zika virus, a once-overlooked single-stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus that causes a mosquito-borne viral disease, is causing a major ongoing pandemic worldwide. On 1 February 2016, the World H...

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