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A geografia social do zika no Brasil
The social geography of zika in Brazil

Estud. av; 30 (88), 2016
A crise do vírus do zika, como todas as doenças, é um indicador da desigualdade que persiste no Brasil mesmo após décadas de democracia. O zika ilustra disparidade não apenas em termos de classe e com a variedade de questões que se conectam com classe, como gênero e raça. Questões éticas relac...

Overview of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in regards to the Brazilian epidemic

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 49 (5), 2016
Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne flavivirus, belongs to the Flaviviridae family, genus Flavivirus. ZIKV was initially isolated in 1947 from a sentinel monkey in the Zika forest, Uganda. Little clinical importance was attributed to ZIKV, once only few symptomatic cases were reported in some African and...

Emerging arboviruses and public health challenges in Brazil

ABSTRACT Environmental modification by anthropogenic actions, disordered urban growth, globalization of international exchange and climate change are some factors that help the emergence and dissemination of human infectious diseases transmitted by vectors. This review discusses the recent entry of three...

Zika vírus in the americas: early epidemiological and genetic findings

Science; 15 (352), 2016
Brazil has experienced an unprecedented epidemic of Zika virus (ZIKV), with ~30,000 cases reported to date. ZIKV was first detected in Brazil in May 2015, and cases of microcephaly potentially associated with ZIKV infection were identified in November 2015. We performed next-generation sequencing to gene...

Guía para la vigilancia de la enfermedad por el virus del Zika y sus complicaciones
Guidelines for surveillance of Zika virus disease and its complications

La presente Guía tiene por objeto orientar la puesta en marcha de la vigilancia de la enfermedad por el virus del Zika con base en la experiencia adquirida en la epidemia en curso en la Región de las Américas. En el documento se proporciona orientación general, aunque no exhaustiva, sobre las activid...

Protocolo de vigilância e resposta à ocorrência de microcefalia relacionada à infecção pelo vírus zika: [Plano Nacional de Enfrentamento à Microcefalia no Brasil]