COVID-19 and Zika: An emerging dilemma for Brazil

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
² Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, The Red-Green Research Center, BICCB, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
⁴ Medical School, University of Cyprus Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus.
⁵ Department of Medicine and General Surgey, Medical University Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
⁶ Department of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria.
⁷ Department of Medicine and General Surgery, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.
⁸ Department of Medicine and General Surgery, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
⁹ Department of Medical Research Center, Kateb University, Kabul, Afghanistan.

Ana Carla Dos Santos Costa et al. J Med Virol. 2021 Jul.

. 2021 Jul;93(7):4124-4126.

doi: 10.1002/jmv.27006. Epub 2021 Apr 23.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
² Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, The Red-Green Research Center, BICCB, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
⁴ Medical School, University of Cyprus Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus.
⁵ Department of Medicine and General Surgey, Medical University Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
⁶ Department of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria.
⁷ Department of Medicine and General Surgery, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.
⁸ Department of Medicine and General Surgery, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
⁹ Department of Medical Research Center, Kateb University, Kabul, Afghanistan.

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The authors declare that there are no conflict of interests.

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