2022
Unequal burden of Zika-associated microcephaly among populations with public and private healthcare in Salvador, Brazil
Aromolaran A, Araujo K, Ladines-Lim JB, Nery N, do Rosário MS, Rastely VN, Archanjo G, Daltro D, da Silveira Carvalho G, Pimentel K, de Almeida JRM, de Siqueira IC, Ribeiro HC, Oliveira-Filho J, de Oliveira D, Henriques DF, Rodrigues SG, da Costa Vasconcelos P, de Almeida ARP, Sacramento GA, Cruz JS, Sarno M, de Paula Freitas B, Mattos A, Khouri R, Reis MG, Ko AI, Costa F. Unequal burden of Zika-associated microcephaly among populations with public and private healthcare in Salvador, Brazil. International Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2022, 120: 201-204. PMID: 35470025, PMCID: PMC9119857, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.04.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZIKV exposurePregnant womenSocioeconomic statusRelative disease burdenCongenital Zika syndromeZika virus epidemicLow socioeconomic statusZika syndromeClinical presentationDisease burdenSimilar prevalenceSerologic dataDifferent socioeconomic statusS HospitalHospitalLarge hospitalsMicrocephalyStudy centersVirus epidemicWomenPositive associationInfantsUnequal burdenHigh rateExposure rate
2017
Adverse birth outcomes associated with Zika virus exposure during pregnancy in São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
Nogueira ML, Júnior N, Estofolete CF, Terzian A, Guimarães GF, Zini N, da Silva R, Silva G, Franco L, Rahal P, Bittar C, Carneiro B, Vasconcelos PFC, Henriques D, Barbosa DMU, Rombola P, de Grande L, Reis A, Palomares SA, Catelan M, Cruz LEAA, Necchi SH, Mendonça RCV, dos Santos I, Caron S, Costa F, Bozza FA, de Souza A, de Mattos C, de Mattos LC, Vasilakis N, Oliani AH, Oliani D, Ko A. Adverse birth outcomes associated with Zika virus exposure during pregnancy in São José do Rio Preto, Brazil. Clinical Microbiology And Infection 2017, 24: 646-652. PMID: 29133154, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.11.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse outcomesZIKV infectionPregnant womenZika virusNewborn outcomesCongenital Zika infectionSame adverse outcomesZika virus exposureAdverse birth outcomesBroad clinical spectrumEmergence of ZIKVCases of microcephalyDengue-endemic areasPublic health authoritiesBirth outcomesClinical outcomesClinical presentationThird trimesterSubependymal cystsClinical spectrumZIKV RNAReverse transcription-PCRVirus exposureZika infectionEpidemiologic data