Zika Virus: Diagnosis, Therapeutics, and Vaccine.
The current explosive epidemic of Zika virus in South and Central America, as well as the Caribbean, poses a global public health emergency. Here we comment on the challenges on development of better diagnosis and potential therapeutics and vaccine for Zika virus.
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Alan D T
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Barrett
Mariano A
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Garcia-Blanco
Robert B
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Instituto Evandro Chagas/SVS/MS, Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil, Universidade do Estado do Pará , Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Pedro Fernando da Costa
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Vasconcelos
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