WHO Factsheet (Spanish version). March 2016
published online April 13, 2016, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsr1604338. Please download directly from the webpage: http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMsr1604338
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WHO Factsheet (French version). March 2016
"Our findings provide a quantitative estimate of the risk of microcephaly in fetuses and neonates whose mothers are infected with Zika virus."
Published Online: 15 March 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00651-6
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Zika virus infection: update on the evidence for a causal link to congenital brain abnormalities and Guillain-Barré syndrome
Update 7 September 2016
THELANCETID-D-16-00800 S1473-3099(16)30318-8
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 10(3): e0004530 -Published: March 2, 2016
This paper reviews the status of the Zika virus outbreak, including medical countermeasureoptions, with a focus on how the epidemiology, insect vectors, neuropathology, virology and immunology inform options and strategies available for m...edical countermeasure development and deployment.
Please download directly from the website Open Access: http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/asset?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0004530.PDF
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WHO Fact sheet on Zika virus (Spanish)
Updated: January 2016