title: Zika in the United States of America and a Fateful 1969 Decision.
abstract: The United States Gulf Coast's current risk to Zika transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes can be traced back to some important federal health policy decisions made during the 1960s.
authors.affiliation: Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America.|James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America.|Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America.
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Hotez
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000821:virology; D000818:Animals; D060740:Disease Eradication / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D000072138:Mosquito Vectors / Q000821:virology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D000071244:Zika Virus / Q000502:physiology; D000071243:Zika Virus Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*