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Descriptive analysis of surveillance data for Zika virus disease and Zika virus-associated neurological complications in Colombia, 2015–2017

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen that recently caused a major epidemic in the Americas. Although the majority of ZIKV infections are asymptomatic, the virus has been associated with birth defects in fetuses and newborns of infected mothers as well as neurological complications in adult...

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Autores principales: Charniga, Kelly, Cucunubá, Zulma M., Walteros, Diana M., Mercado, Marcela, Prieto, Franklyn, Ospina, Martha, Nouvellet, Pierre, Donnelly, Christl A.
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8208586/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34133446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252236
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author Charniga, Kelly
Cucunubá, Zulma M.
Walteros, Diana M.
Mercado, Marcela
Prieto, Franklyn
Ospina, Martha
Nouvellet, Pierre
Donnelly, Christl A.
author_facet Charniga, Kelly
Cucunubá, Zulma M.
Walteros, Diana M.
Mercado, Marcela
Prieto, Franklyn
Ospina, Martha
Nouvellet, Pierre
Donnelly, Christl A.
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description Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen that recently caused a major epidemic in the Americas. Although the majority of ZIKV infections are asymptomatic, the virus has been associated with birth defects in fetuses and newborns of infected mothers as well as neurological complications in adults. We performed a descriptive analysis on approximately 106,000 suspected and laboratory-confirmed cases of Zika virus disease (ZVD) that were reported during the 2015–2017 epidemic in Colombia. We also analyzed a dataset containing patients with neurological complications and recent febrile illness compatible with ZVD. Females had higher cumulative incidence of ZVD than males. Compared to the general population, cases were more likely to be reported in young adults (20 to 39 years of age). We estimated the cumulative incidence of ZVD in pregnant females at 3,120 reported cases per 100,000 population (95% CI: 3,077–3,164), which was considerably higher than the incidence in both males and non-pregnant females. ZVD cases were reported in all 32 departments. Four-hundred and eighteen patients suffered from ZIKV-associated neurological complications, of which 85% were diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome. The median age of ZIKV cases with neurological complications was 12 years older than that of ZVD cases. ZIKV-associated neurological complications increased with age, and the highest incidence was reported among individuals aged 75 and older. Even though neurological complications and deaths due to ZIKV were rare in this epidemic, better risk communication is needed for people living in or traveling to ZIKV-affected areas.
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spelling pubmed-82085862021-06-29 Descriptive analysis of surveillance data for Zika virus disease and Zika virus-associated neurological complications in Colombia, 2015–2017 Charniga, Kelly Cucunubá, Zulma M. Walteros, Diana M. Mercado, Marcela Prieto, Franklyn Ospina, Martha Nouvellet, Pierre Donnelly, Christl A. PLoS One Research Article Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen that recently caused a major epidemic in the Americas. Although the majority of ZIKV infections are asymptomatic, the virus has been associated with birth defects in fetuses and newborns of infected mothers as well as neurological complications in adults. We performed a descriptive analysis on approximately 106,000 suspected and laboratory-confirmed cases of Zika virus disease (ZVD) that were reported during the 2015–2017 epidemic in Colombia. We also analyzed a dataset containing patients with neurological complications and recent febrile illness compatible with ZVD. Females had higher cumulative incidence of ZVD than males. Compared to the general population, cases were more likely to be reported in young adults (20 to 39 years of age). We estimated the cumulative incidence of ZVD in pregnant females at 3,120 reported cases per 100,000 population (95% CI: 3,077–3,164), which was considerably higher than the incidence in both males and non-pregnant females. ZVD cases were reported in all 32 departments. Four-hundred and eighteen patients suffered from ZIKV-associated neurological complications, of which 85% were diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome. The median age of ZIKV cases with neurological complications was 12 years older than that of ZVD cases. ZIKV-associated neurological complications increased with age, and the highest incidence was reported among individuals aged 75 and older. Even though neurological complications and deaths due to ZIKV were rare in this epidemic, better risk communication is needed for people living in or traveling to ZIKV-affected areas. Public Library of Science 2021-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8208586/ /pubmed/34133446 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252236 Text en © 2021 Charniga et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Charniga, Kelly
Cucunubá, Zulma M.
Walteros, Diana M.
Mercado, Marcela
Prieto, Franklyn
Ospina, Martha
Nouvellet, Pierre
Donnelly, Christl A.
Descriptive analysis of surveillance data for Zika virus disease and Zika virus-associated neurological complications in Colombia, 2015–2017
title Descriptive analysis of surveillance data for Zika virus disease and Zika virus-associated neurological complications in Colombia, 2015–2017
title_full Descriptive analysis of surveillance data for Zika virus disease and Zika virus-associated neurological complications in Colombia, 2015–2017
title_fullStr Descriptive analysis of surveillance data for Zika virus disease and Zika virus-associated neurological complications in Colombia, 2015–2017
title_full_unstemmed Descriptive analysis of surveillance data for Zika virus disease and Zika virus-associated neurological complications in Colombia, 2015–2017
title_short Descriptive analysis of surveillance data for Zika virus disease and Zika virus-associated neurological complications in Colombia, 2015–2017
title_sort descriptive analysis of surveillance data for zika virus disease and zika virus-associated neurological complications in colombia, 2015–2017
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8208586/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34133446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252236
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