Zika virus: Can India win the fight?

Zika virus is an emerging arbovirus of public health importance transmitted by Aedes mosquito which also transmits dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever. The disease has been spreading at an alarming rate in Africa, Pacific Islands, and the Americas. Given the expansion of environments where mosquito...

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Main Author: Tulika Singh (Author)
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Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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