Risk of Zika virus-associated birth defects in congenital confirmed cases in the Brazilian Amazon
Objective. To establish the risk of microcephaly in neonates born to women infected with ZIKV during pregnancy. Methods. A cohort of laboratory-confirmed ZIKV cases of congenital infections (109 mothers infected during pregnancy and 101 newborns) among 308 suspect cases was followed in Belem, Pará,...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:bfa646c7e49a4079a7049d20385f3fee 2023-05-15T15:04:24+02:00 Risk of Zika virus-associated birth defects in congenital confirmed cases in the Brazilian Amazon Consuelo S de Oliveira Haroldo José de Matos Francisco Luzio de Paula Ramos Ana Yece das N Pinto Priscila Nathyelly dos S Graim Vivianne de Paula R Guimarães Luna Thaís S Gomes Emilene M. F Serra Ana Cecília Cruz Alessandra Leal Daniele F. Henriques Juliana A. Lima Maura V. Anjos Eliana V. Pinto Alana W. de Souza Pedro Fernando da C. Vasconcelos 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2020.116 https://doaj.org/article/bfa646c7e49a4079a7049d20385f3fee EN ES PT eng spa por Pan American Health Organization https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52652 https://doaj.org/toc/1020-4989 https://doaj.org/toc/1680-5348 1020-4989 1680-5348 doi:10.26633/RPSP.2020.116 https://doaj.org/article/bfa646c7e49a4079a7049d20385f3fee Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 44, Iss 116, Pp 1-5 (2020) zika virus infection microcephaly pregnancy complications infectious brazil Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2020.116 2022-12-31T14:22:12Z Objective. To establish the risk of microcephaly in neonates born to women infected with ZIKV during pregnancy. Methods. A cohort of laboratory-confirmed ZIKV cases of congenital infections (109 mothers infected during pregnancy and 101 newborns) among 308 suspect cases was followed in Belem, Pará, Brazil, from October 2015 to December 2017. Results. A microcephaly risk of 1.98% (95% CI 0.54-6.93%) was found, or 2 cases among the 101 neonates infected with ZIKV during pregnancy. 72% of the pregnant women had ZIKV infection confirmed by RT-qPCR during gestation. Conclusions. Results showed a low incidence of ZIKV-associated birth defects, stillbirth, and miscarriage, which contrasts with previous studies in other Brazilian regions. Previous exposure to yellow fever vaccine and/or multiserotype DENV infection could be implicated in the protection from ZIKV congenital infection. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública 1 5 |
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Objective. To establish the risk of microcephaly in neonates born to women infected with ZIKV during pregnancy. Methods. A cohort of laboratory-confirmed ZIKV cases of congenital infections (109 mothers infected during pregnancy and 101 newborns) among 308 suspect cases was followed in Belem, Pará, Brazil, from October 2015 to December 2017. Results. A microcephaly risk of 1.98% (95% CI 0.54-6.93%) was found, or 2 cases among the 101 neonates infected with ZIKV during pregnancy. 72% of the pregnant women had ZIKV infection confirmed by RT-qPCR during gestation. Conclusions. Results showed a low incidence of ZIKV-associated birth defects, stillbirth, and miscarriage, which contrasts with previous studies in other Brazilian regions. Previous exposure to yellow fever vaccine and/or multiserotype DENV infection could be implicated in the protection from ZIKV congenital infection. |
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Consuelo S de Oliveira Haroldo José de Matos Francisco Luzio de Paula Ramos Ana Yece das N Pinto Priscila Nathyelly dos S Graim Vivianne de Paula R Guimarães Luna Thaís S Gomes Emilene M. F Serra Ana Cecília Cruz Alessandra Leal Daniele F. Henriques Juliana A. Lima Maura V. Anjos Eliana V. Pinto Alana W. de Souza Pedro Fernando da C. Vasconcelos |
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Consuelo S de Oliveira Haroldo José de Matos Francisco Luzio de Paula Ramos Ana Yece das N Pinto Priscila Nathyelly dos S Graim Vivianne de Paula R Guimarães Luna Thaís S Gomes Emilene M. F Serra Ana Cecília Cruz Alessandra Leal Daniele F. Henriques Juliana A. Lima Maura V. Anjos Eliana V. Pinto Alana W. de Souza Pedro Fernando da C. Vasconcelos |
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Risk of Zika virus-associated birth defects in congenital confirmed cases in the Brazilian Amazon |
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Risk of Zika virus-associated birth defects in congenital confirmed cases in the Brazilian Amazon |
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