Zika Virus Transmission-Region of the Americas, May 15, 2015-December 15, 2016
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Zika Virus Transmission — Region of the Americas, May 15, 2015–December 15, 2016
Zika virus, a mosquito-borne flavivirus that can cause rash with fever, emerged in the Region of the Americas on Easter Island, Chile, in 2014 and in northeast Brazil in 2015 (1). In response, in May 2015, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), which serves as the Regional Office of the Americas for the World Health Organization (WHO), issued recommendations to enhance surveillance for Zi...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Transplantation
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1600-6135
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.14333