Underreporting of Fatal Congenital Zika Syndrome, Mexico, 2016–2017

To determine completeness of fatal congenital Zika syndrome reporting in Mexico, we examined data from the Mexican National Institute of Statistics and Geography. We found that an estimated 50% more infants died from microcephaly attributable to congenital Zika syndrome during 2016–2017 than were re...

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Autores principales: Cardenas, Victor M., Paternina-Caicedo, Angel Jose, Salvatierra, Ernesto Benito
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6649343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31310228
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.190106
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description To determine completeness of fatal congenital Zika syndrome reporting in Mexico, we examined data from the Mexican National Institute of Statistics and Geography. We found that an estimated 50% more infants died from microcephaly attributable to congenital Zika syndrome during 2016–2017 than were reported by the existing surveillance system.
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spelling pubmed-66493432019-08-01 Underreporting of Fatal Congenital Zika Syndrome, Mexico, 2016–2017 Cardenas, Victor M. Paternina-Caicedo, Angel Jose Salvatierra, Ernesto Benito Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch To determine completeness of fatal congenital Zika syndrome reporting in Mexico, we examined data from the Mexican National Institute of Statistics and Geography. We found that an estimated 50% more infants died from microcephaly attributable to congenital Zika syndrome during 2016–2017 than were reported by the existing surveillance system. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6649343/ /pubmed/31310228 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.190106 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Cardenas, Victor M.
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Underreporting of Fatal Congenital Zika Syndrome, Mexico, 2016–2017
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title_full Underreporting of Fatal Congenital Zika Syndrome, Mexico, 2016–2017
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title_short Underreporting of Fatal Congenital Zika Syndrome, Mexico, 2016–2017
title_sort underreporting of fatal congenital zika syndrome, mexico, 2016–2017
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6649343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31310228
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.190106
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