The role of pregnant women with rash in the Zika virus sentinel surveillance

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Renata Soares Martins, Michele Higa Fróes, Leila del Castillo Saad, Satiro Márcio Ignácio Junior, Walkiria Delnero Almeida Prado, Ernesto Machado Figueiredo, Renato Pereira de Souza, Juliana Silva Nogueira, Adriana Yurika Maeda, Helena Keico Sato, Regiane Cardoso de Paula, Gizelda Katz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2019
• Subjects: Pregnant women; Zika vírus; Microcephaly; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0351-2018; https://doaj.org/article/06c0363abeb5496f89f7ee441f645d26

Abstract INTRODUCTION: The state of São Paulo has been monitoring cases of microcephaly and pregnant women presenting with acute rash, through CeVeSP. METHODS: This was a descriptive study focusing on pregnant women with rash and the outcome of their pregnancy, based on the notifications through the CeVeSP. RESULTS: During 2016, 2,209 cases of pregnant women with rash were reported and investigated. Of these, 36.6% were confirmed. Of the pregnant women who tested positive for ZIKV, 6.4% did not have a favorable outcome. CONCLUSIONS Our results allowed the characterization of pregnant women exposed to ZIKV and the outcome of pregnancy.