Zika might not be acting alone: Using an ecological study approach to investigate potential co-acting risk factors for an unusual pattern of microcephaly in Brazil

Monica C. Campos; Jamille G. Dombrowski; Jody Phelan; Claudio R. F. Marinho; Martin Hibberd; Taane G. Clark; Susana Campino

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0201452

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Zika might not be acting alone: Using an ecological study approach to investigate potential co-acting risk factors for an unusual pattern of microcephaly in Brazil

Monica C. Campos ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: monica.campos@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Jamille G. Dombrowski,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Jody Phelan,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Claudio R. F. Marinho,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Martin Hibberd,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Taane G. Clark,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Susana Campino

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1403-6138

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Zika might not be acting alone: Using an ecological study approach to investigate potential co-acting risk factors for an unusual pattern of microcephaly in Brazil

Monica C. Campos,
Jamille G. Dombrowski,
Jody Phelan,
Claudio R. F. Marinho,
Martin Hibberd,
Taane G. Clark,
Susana Campino

Published: August 15, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201452

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