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Zika virus: A public health threat
Author(s) -
Sharma Shashi,
Tandel Kundan,
Dash Paban K.,
Parida Manmohan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.24822
Subject(s) - zika virus , public health , scope (computer science) , virology , microcephaly , epidemiology , environmental health , virus , medicine , political science , pediatrics , computer science , pathology , programming language
The resurgence of Zika virus as public health emergency of an international concern with increased incidence of microcephaly has drawn attention of scientific community for its detailed understanding with regard to virus evolution, epidemiology, geographical spread, pathogenesis, etc. The scope of the present review is to discuss the detailed updated information in respect of Zika virus evolution since its inception.