Zika and cases of microcephaly in the state of Zulia: clinical and epidemiological aspects of the sprout, year 2016

• Main Authors: María Gómez, Ayarí Avila, Elina Castillo, Angelina Marquez, Nelys Barboza, Belen Rodríguez, Luisa Marquez, Gisbel Ferrer, Manuel Gómez
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2018
• Subjects: Zika; epidemia; epidemiologia; microcefalia; síndrome de Guillain Barré; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Barré
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/71a0ded7ea22410fa5aa60b7061d5fba

Zika is an emerging disease in Venezuela and in the state of Zulia, it generally evolves in a benign manner and can produce complications such as Guillain-Barré syndrome and microcephaly in newborns. Itis proposed to describe the clinical and epidemiological aspects of the Zika outbreak and the case...