1. Zika Virus-Associated Birth Defects, Costa Rica, 2016-2018
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Benavides-Lara, Adriana, de la Paz Barboza-Arguello, Maria, Gonzalez-Elizondo, Mauricio, Hemandez-deMezerville, Marcela, Brenes-Chacon, Helena, Ramirez-Rojas, Melissa, Ramirez-Hernandez, Catalina, Arjona-Ortegon, Nereida, Godfred-Cato, Shana, Valencia, Diana, Moore, Cynthia A., and Soriano-Fallas, Alejandra
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Medical research ,Medicine, Experimental ,Birth defects -- Causes of ,Sentinel health events -- Methods ,Company distribution practices ,Health - Abstract
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an RNA virus of the Flaviviridae family and is transmitted primarily by mosquitos of the genus Aedes (Stegomyia). The virus was discovered in Uganda in 1947 [...]
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- 2021
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