Zika: an ongoing threat to women and infants

Recent data from the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, shows a sharp drop in the number of reported occurrences of Zika during the summer of 2016/2017, compared to the previous summer. There is still a much higher incidence among women than men, almost certainly due to sexual transmission. An...

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Main Authors: Beatriz Macedo Coimbra dos Santos, Flavio Codeço Coelho, Margaret Armstrong, Valeria Saraceni, Cristina Lemos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2018-11-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/csp/v34n11/1678-4464-csp-34-11-e00038218.pdf