title: Zika Virus Advice for Mountaineers: A UIAA Medcom Consensus Advice Sheet.
abstract: Hillebrandt, David, Paul Richards, Andy Clark, and Dominique Jean. Zika virus advice for mountaineers: A UIAA Medcom consensus advice sheet. High Alt Med Biol. 17:70-71, 2016.-With the current media coverage of the spread of Zika virus from Africa and Asia to Central and South America and its possible relationship with fetal abnormalities, UIAA Medcom has produced an advice sheet for mountaineers visiting risk areas.
authors.affiliation: 1 Derriton House , Holsworthy, United Kingdom .|2 UIAA Medical Commission , UIAA, Bern, Switzerland .
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hillebrandt
authors.affiliation: 3 South Essex Travel Clinic , Billericay, Essex, United Kingdom .
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.affiliation: 4 Durham, Durham, United Kingdom .
authors.forename: Andy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.affiliation: 5 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble , Centre Pluridisciplinaire de Diagnostic Prénatal, Grenoble, France .
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jean
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009051:Mountaineering / Q000592:standards*; D012307:Risk Factors; D000071244:Zika Virus; D000071243:Zika Virus Infection / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission
keywords: Zika virus; mountain travel; travel advice