Preventing Zika Virus Infections in Pregnant Women: An Urgent Public Health Priority

Am J Public Health. 2016 Apr;106(4):589-90. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303124.

Authors

Beth P Bell¹, Coleen A Boyle¹, Lyle R Petersen¹

Affiliation

¹ Beth P. Bell is the Director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, Coleen A. Boyle is the Director of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC, Atlanta. Lyle R. Petersen is Director of the Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, CDC, Ft. Collins, CO.

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Aedes / virology
Animals
Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control
Female
Global Health
Health Priorities*
Humans
Insect Vectors / virology
Microcephaly / epidemiology
Microcephaly / etiology
Pregnancy
Public Health
Zika Virus Infection / epidemiology
Zika Virus Infection / prevention & control*
Zika Virus Infection / transmission