Zika Virus- A Global Health Emergency
Journal Title: Pathology Update: Tropical Journal of Pathology and Microbiology - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 1
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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Rabindran Rabindran, D Sharad Gedam
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