ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2017
Could the Recent Zika Epidemic Have Been Predicted?
Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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- Implications of Zika virus and congenital Zika syndrome for the number of live births in Brazil.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018Article
- The Zika Virus Epidemic in Brazil: From Discovery to Future Implications.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Review
- Psychological Distress and Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya Symptoms Following the 2016 Earthquake in Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
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Abstract
Given knowledge at the time, the recent 2015-2016 zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic probably could not have been predicted. Without the prior knowledge of ZIKV being already present in South America, and given the lack of understanding of key epidemiologic processes and long-term records of ZIKV cases in the continent, the best related prediction could be carried out for the potential risk of a generic
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