Zika virus: An international emergency?

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 25 Feb 2016 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Journal of Public Health Policy, volume 37, pages 133-135 (issn: 0197-5897, eissn: 1745-655X,

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Authors: Adolfo Martinez, Palomo;

doi: 10.1057/jphp.2016.11

pmid: 26911655

Zika virus: An international emergency?

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Abstract

This Viewpoint discusses the World Health Organization's Declaration on 1 February 2016 that the epidemic infection caused by the Zika virus is a public health emergency of international concern - the basis of the decision and controversy surrounding it.

Keywords

Zika Virus Infection, Infant, Newborn, Zika Virus, Global Health, Pregnancy, Microcephaly, Humans, Female, Emergencies, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, Epidemics

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