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Infecção pelo vírus Zika na gestação e microcefalia em recém-nascidos: revisão integrativa de literatura

A febre pelo vírus Zika é pouco conhecida, sendo que apenas 18% das infecções humanas têm manifestações clínicas. Nos últimos meses, o número de casos de microcefalia neonatal, possivelmente relacionados ao vírus Zika, cresceu significativamente no...

Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Zika virus (ZIKV) is now considered an emerging flavivirosis, with a first large outbreak registered in the Yap Islands in 2007. In 2013, a new outbreak was reported in the French Polynesia, with associated cases of neurological complications including Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). The inciden...

Zika virus in Brazil and the danger of infestation by Aedes (Stegomyia) mosquitoes

Abstract Zika virus, already widely distributed in Africa and Asia, was recently reported in two Northeastern Brazilian: State of Bahia and State of Rio Grande do Norte, and one Southeastern: State of São Paulo. This finding adds a potentially noxious virus to a list of several other viruses that are wi...

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...

Estudo transversal do perfil das infecções congênitas atendidas entre 2012 e 2014 em um centro de referência em Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Cross-sectional study of clinical and laboratorial aspects of congenital infections attended at a reference Center in Belo Horizonte, MG, 2012-2014

Rev. méd. Minas Gerais; 26 (supl. 2), 2016
Introdução: as infecções congênitas são resultantes da transmissão vertical de microrganismos de gestantes infectadas para seus conceptos. Apesar dessas infecções, em geral, cursarem com pouca ou nenhuma manifestação clínica nas gestantes, a infecção fetal pode trazer morbimortalidade perin...

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...