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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Autores principales: de Oliveira, Consuelo S, de Matos, Haroldo José, Ramos, Francisco Luzio de Paula, Pinto, Ana Yece das N, Graim, Priscila Nathyelly dos S, Guimarães, Vivianne de Paula R, Gomes, Luna Thaís S, Serra, Emilene M. F, Cruz, Ana Cecília, Leal, Alessandra, Henriques, Daniele F., Lima, Juliana A., Anjos, Maura V., Pinto, Eliana V., de Souza, Alana W., Vasconcelos, Pedro Fernando da C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Organización Panamericana de la Salud 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7491861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32952536
http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2020.116
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Sumario: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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