title: Zika virus and microcephaly: why is this situation a PHEIC?
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Centre on Global Health Security, Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, London SW1Y 4LE, UK. Electronic address: david.heymann@phe.gov.uk.
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Heymann
authors.affiliation: Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana.
authors.forename: Abraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hodgson
authors.affiliation: WHO Collaborating Centre for Arboviruses and Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers, Senegal Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.
authors.forename: Amadou Alpha
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Sall
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors.forename: David O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Freedman
authors.affiliation: Division of Vector-borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
authors.forename: J Erin
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Staples
authors.affiliation: Department of Maternal and Child Health Research, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Althabe
authors.affiliation: National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Kalpana
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baruah
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Quaid i Azam University, Quaid i Azam Post Graduate Medical College, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Ghazala
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mahmud
authors.affiliation: Field Epidemiology Training Program, Ministry of Health, Jakarta, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Nyoman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kandun
authors.affiliation: Department of Arbovirology and Hemorrhagic Fevers, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ananindeua, Brazil.
authors.forename: Pedro F C
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Vasconcelos
authors.affiliation: Control of Infectious Diseases Department, Institute of Public Health, Tirana, Albania.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bino
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Communications and Information, Singapore.
authors.forename: K U
authors.initials: KU
authors.lastname: Menon
mesh_terms: D004630:Emergencies; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D008831:Microcephaly / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D011634:Public Health; D014944:World Health Organization; D000071243:Zika Virus Infection / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology