@article{10818/36803, year = {2017}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10818/36803}, abstract = {Introduction Given the severity and impact of the current Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak in the Americas, numerous countries have rushed to develop research studies to assess ZIKV and its potential health consequences. In an effort to ensure that studies are comprehensive, both internally and externally valid, and with reliable results, the World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization, Institut Pasteur, the networks of Fiocruz, the Consortia for the Standardization of Influenza Seroepidemiology (CONSISE) and the International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC) have generated six standardized clinical and epidemiological research protocols and questionnaires to address key public health questions on ZIKV.}, publisher = {PLoS One}, title = {Risk of bias and confounding of observational studies of Zika virus infection: A scoping review of research protocols}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0180220}, author = {Reveiz, Ludovic and Haby, Michelle M. and Martínez Vega, Ruth and Pinzón Flórez, Carlos Eduardo and Elias, Vanessa and Smith, Emma and Pinart, Mariona and Broutet, Nathalie and Becerra Posada, Francisco and Aldighieri, Sylvain and Van Kerkhove, Maria D.}, }