PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (May 2016)

Zika in the United States of America and a Fateful 1969 Decision.

  • Peter J Hotez

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004765
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 5
p. e0004765

Abstract

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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.