Zika Virus- A Global Health Emergency

Abstract

Zika Virus is emerging as global emergency. We are presenting here a brief epidemiological profile, brief clinical features and preventive aspects of Zika virus fever globally.

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Rabindran Rabindran, D Sharad Gedam

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  • EP ID EP226529
  • DOI 10.17511
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Rabindran Rabindran, D Sharad Gedam (2016). Zika Virus- A Global Health Emergency. Pathology Update: Tropical Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2(1), 1-2. https://www.europub.co.uk/articles/-A-226529