Zika: A scourge in urban slums

Affiliations

¹ Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America.
² Maternal and Child Department, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
³ Pathology Program, Laboratório Universitário Rodolpho Albino, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biomedical Institute, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America.

Robert E Snyder et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017.

. 2017 Mar 23;11(3):e0005287.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005287. eCollection 2017 Mar.

¹ Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America.
² Maternal and Child Department, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
³ Pathology Program, Laboratório Universitário Rodolpho Albino, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biomedical Institute, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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