Zika is not a reason for missing the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro: response to the open letter of Dr Attaran and colleagues to Dr Margaret Chan, Director - General, WHO, on the Zika threat to the Olympic and Paralympic Games

Zika is not a reason for missing the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro: response to the open letter of Dr Attaran and colleagues to Dr Margaret Chan, Director - General, WHO, on the Zika threat to the Olympic and Paralympic Games

Attaran and colleagues in an open letter to WHO expressed their concern about the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and the threat posed by the Zika epidemic (Attaran 2016). We agree that Zika virus is of great public health concern and much remains to be known about this disea...

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Main Authors: Claudia Codeço, Daniel Villela, Marcelo F Gomes, Leonardo Bastos, Oswaldo Cruz, Claudio Struchiner, Luis Max Carvalho, Flavio Coelho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2016-06-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Zika
Olympic Games
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