. 2016 Feb 20;387(10020):719-21.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00320-2. Epub 2016 Feb 11.

Zika virus and microcephaly: why is this situation a PHEIC?

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¹ Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Centre on Global Health Security, Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, London SW1Y 4LE, UK. Electronic address: david.heymann@phe.gov.uk.
² Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana.
³ WHO Collaborating Centre for Arboviruses and Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers, Senegal Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
⁵ Division of Vector-borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
⁶ Department of Maternal and Child Health Research, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁷ National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India.
⁸ Faculty of Medicine, Quaid i Azam University, Quaid i Azam Post Graduate Medical College, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan.
⁹ Field Epidemiology Training Program, Ministry of Health, Jakarta, Indonesia.
¹⁰ Department of Arbovirology and Hemorrhagic Fevers, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ananindeua, Brazil.
¹¹ Control of Infectious Diseases Department, Institute of Public Health, Tirana, Albania.
¹² Ministry of Communications and Information, Singapore.

PMID: 26876373
PMCID: PMC7134564
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00320-2

Zika virus and microcephaly: why is this situation a PHEIC?

David L Heymann et al. Lancet. 2016.

. 2016 Feb 20;387(10020):719-21.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00320-2. Epub 2016 Feb 11.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Centre on Global Health Security, Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, London SW1Y 4LE, UK. Electronic address: david.heymann@phe.gov.uk.
² Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana.
³ WHO Collaborating Centre for Arboviruses and Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers, Senegal Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
⁵ Division of Vector-borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
⁶ Department of Maternal and Child Health Research, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁷ National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India.
⁸ Faculty of Medicine, Quaid i Azam University, Quaid i Azam Post Graduate Medical College, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan.
⁹ Field Epidemiology Training Program, Ministry of Health, Jakarta, Indonesia.
¹⁰ Department of Arbovirology and Hemorrhagic Fevers, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ananindeua, Brazil.
¹¹ Control of Infectious Diseases Department, Institute of Public Health, Tirana, Albania.
¹² Ministry of Communications and Information, Singapore.

PMID: 26876373
PMCID: PMC7134564
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00320-2

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