Prevalencia de embarazos con infección por virus Zika en una Unidad de Primer Nivel de Atención en Coatzacoalcos Veracruz México del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
PREVALENCE OF PREGNANCIES WITH ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION IN A FIRST LEVEL CARE UNIT IN COATZACOALCOS VERACRUZ MEXICO OF THE MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SECURITY
Prensa méd. argent; 106 (8), 2020
Publication year: 2020
El virus Zika, es un arbovirus del género flavivirus (familia Flaviviridae), muy cercano filogenéticamente al del dengue, fiebre amarilla, la encefalitis japonesa, o el virus del Nilo Occidental. El presente estudio exploratorio busca identificar los casos confirmados y sugestivos de
infección por virus Zika en mujeres embarazadas en la Unidad de Medicina Familiar N° 60
del IMSS de Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz. México como primera aproximación epidemiológica en
esta región.
The Zika virus is an arbovirus of the genus flavivirus (family Flaviviridae), very closely phylogenetically
a virus such as dengue fever, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, or West Nile virus. According to the
Epidemiological Surveillance System for Zíka Virus Disease, until November 4th, 2016, in Mexico
there were 6,094 confirmed cases of infection and 3,167 suspected cases of Zika virus infection in
pregnant women in 24 states of the Mexican Republic, with a higher prevalence in Veracruz, Chiapas,
Colima, Campeche, Yucatan and Quintana Roo. This is an original study that focuses on identifying
the confirmed and suggestive cases of Zika virus infection in pregnant women in the Family Medicine
Unit No. 60 of the IMSS in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz. Mexico; It is an exploratory study in the registry
of cases of pregnant women with Zika virus infection in the Family Medicine Unit No. 60 of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico as epidemiological basis