Resumen El virus del Zika es un flavivirus transmitido por mosquitos Aedes spp, en particular Aedes aegypti. La infección es frecuentemente asintomática y el diagnóstico de este virus se basa en la confirmación por estudios serológicos. Se ha demostrado asociación de la infección de Zika en embara...
SUMMARY AIM: the present study analysed the association between Zika-virus and microcephaly during the gestational period of women in Brazil. Methodology: Systematic reviews of intervention research, current publications of clinical investigations were used systematic search strategies in three electro...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Brotes de Enfermedades,
Microcefalia/diagnóstico,
Microcefalia/epidemiología,
Microcefalia/virología,
Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo/diagnóstico,
Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo/epidemiología,
Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo/virología,
Virus Zika/aislamiento & purificación,
Infección por el Virus Zika/complicaciones,
Infección por el Virus Zika/diagnóstico,
Infección por el Virus Zika/epidemiología
Resumen En este artículo se describe el caso clínico de una mujer colombiana del sur del país con diagnóstico de infección intrauterina por Toxoplasma gondii y por los virus del chikungunya y del Zika. La mujer acudió al control prenatal en el segundo trimestre de su embarazo e informó que durante...
Azevedo, Marina Baptista de;
Coutinho, Márcia Sandre Coelho;
Silva, Mônica Agostinho da;
Arduini, Denise Bastos;
Lima, Juliana Dias Vieira;
Monteiro, Rosangela;
Mendes, Bárbara Nicácio Bahia;
Lemos, Maria Cristina Ferreira;
Noronha, Claudio Pompeiano;
Saraceni, Valéria.
Abstract INTRODUCTION Dengue has affected Rio de Janeiro City since the 1980s. The sequential Zika and chikungunya virus introductions during 2015 aggravated the health scenario, with 97,241 cases of arboviral diseases reported in 2015-2016, some with neurological disorders. METHODS Arbovirus-related...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Fiebre Chikungunya/complicaciones,
Fiebre Chikungunya/epidemiología,
Enfermedades Transmisibles Emergentes/epidemiología,
Enfermedades Transmisibles Emergentes/virología,
Dengue/complicaciones,
Dengue/epidemiología,
Notificación de Enfermedades,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Enfermedades del Sistema Nervioso/epidemiología,
Enfermedades del Sistema Nervioso/virología,
Infección por el Virus Zika/complicaciones,
Infección por el Virus Zika/epidemiología
Vieira, Marcelo Adriano da Cunha e Silva;
Castro, Alzira Almeida de Sousa;
Henriques, Daniele Freitas;
Silva, Eliana Vieira Pinto da;
Tavares, Fernando Neto;
Martins, Lívia Carício;
Guimarães, Lucas Melo;
Monteiro, Talita Antonia Furtado;
Azevedo, Raimunda do Socorro da Silva;
Cruz, Ana Cecíclia Ribeiro;
Vasconcelos, Pedro Fernando da Costa.
Abstract We report a case of encephalitis associated with Zika virus infection and reactivation of varicella-zoster virus in the central nervous system of a Brazilian child. This case raises the possibility that reactivation of the latent varicella-zoster virus may be a mechanism of neurological impairme...
Abstract The objective of this study was to integrate findings related to Zika virus from the scientific literature. An integrative review of Medline was conducted, and data search was performed using the Health Sciences Descriptor Zika virus and the following filters: full texts available; studies in hu...
ABSTRACT Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emergent flavivirus transmitted mainly through Aedes spp. mosquitoes that is posing challenge to healthcare services in countries experiencing an outbreak. Usually ZIKV infection is mild, but in some cases it has been reported to progress into neurological diseases such a...
ABSTRACT The year 2016 was the centennial anniversary of the recognition of the Guillain-Barré syndrome, which was first described by George Guillain, Jean-Alexandre Barré and André Strohl. In celebration of the centennial, this historical review describes aspects of the contributions of Guillain and ...
Summary Currently Latin America is undergoing a major epidemic of Zika virus, which is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. Concern for Zika virus infection has been increasing as it is suspected of causing brain defects in newborns such as microcephaly and, more recently, potential neurological and autoimmu...
Brasil,
Angiografía por Resonancia Magnética,
Microcefalia/diagnóstico por imagen,
Microcefalia/virología,
Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo/orina,
Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo/virología,
Primer Trimestre del Embarazo,
Diagnóstico Prenatal,
Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X,
Virus Zika/aislamiento & purificación,
Infección por el Virus Zika/complicaciones,
Infección por el Virus Zika/congénito,
Infección por el Virus Zika/orina
Naveca, Felipe Gomes;
Pontes, Gemilson Soares;
Chang, Aileen Yu-hen;
Silva, George Allan Villarouco da;
Nascimento, Valdinete Alves do;
Monteiro, Dana Cristina da Silva;
Silva, Marineide Souza da;
Abdalla, Lígia Fernandes;
Santos, João Hugo Abdalla;
Almeida, Tatiana Amaral Pires de;
Mejía, Matilde del Carmen Contreras;
Mesquita, Tirza Gabrielle Ramos de;
Encarnação, Helia Valeria de Souza;
Gomes, Matheus de Souza;
Amaral, Laurence Rodrigues;
Campi-Azevedo, Ana Carolina;
Coelho-dos-Reis, Jordana Graziela;
Antonelli, Lis Ribeiro do Vale;
Teixeira-Carvalho, Andréa;
Martins-Filho, Olindo Assis;
Ramasawmy, Rajendranath.
BACKGROUND Infection with Zika virus (ZIKV) manifests in a broad spectrum of disease ranging from mild illness to severe neurological complications and little is known about Zika immunopathogenesis. OBJECTIVES To define the immunologic biomarkers that correlate with acute ZIKV infection. METHODS We cha...
