Rapid spread of an ongoing outbreak of Zika virus disease in pregnant women in a Mexican hospital
Braz. j. infect. dis
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21(5): 554-556, Sept.-Oct. 2017. graf
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Abstract In the first nine weeks of implementation of a Zika Virus Preparedness Plan in a Mexican Public Hospital, we cared for 221 pregnant women with any signal or symptom suggesting Zika virus infection and 99 (44.8%) patients were found to be positive for Zika virus.The median age of patients was 25.3 years (range 13-49). Symptoms in PCR-positive patients were rash (91.4%) followed by headache (53.1%), myalgia (46.9%), arthralgia (45.7%), pruritus (35.8%), retroocular pain (29.6%), conjunctivitis (21%), and fever (21%). The women's epidemiologic exposure history indicates local transmission and a community outbreak.
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Main subject:
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
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Disease Outbreaks
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Zika Virus Infection
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Country/Region as subject:
Mexico
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. infect. dis
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Mexico
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León/MX
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