Prevalence of Zika, dengue and Chikungunya virus infection in pregnant women and surveillance of congenital Zika infection in Salvador, Brazil
| Autor: | Cláudio Magalhães Filho, Isadora Cristina de Siqueira, Lorena Pessoa, Jéssica Graziele Souza Lima, João Vitor Oliveira, Fernanda Washington de Mendonça Lima, Alan Oliveira Duarte, Cleiton S. Santos, Eduardo Manoel Figueiredo, Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara, Breno Lima de Almeida, Jacqueline Goes, Marta Giovanetti, Daniel Augusto Carvalho, Teresa Xavier |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
biology business.industry viruses Outbreak General Medicine medicine.disease_cause biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Virology Virus Zika virus Dengue fever 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Infectious Diseases 030225 pediatrics parasitic diseases Chikungunya Virus Infection medicine Chikungunya business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 73:182 |
| ISSN: | 1201-9712 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.04.3826 |
| Popis: | Background: An unprecedented outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKV) occurred in Brazil in 2015. Approximately 18,372 cases were notified in the city of Salvador, located in the state of Bahia in northeastern Brazil. Methods & Materials: Beginning in February 2016, active hospital surveillance for congenital Zika virus infection and a crosssectional study at a reference maternity hospital were initiated to evaluate the prevalence of recent and previous infections by ZIKV, Dengue and Chikungunya virus in pregnant women as well as congenital infection by ZIKV in newborns. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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