2021
Social determinants associated with Zika virus infection in pregnant women
Nery N, Ticona J, Gambrah C, Doss-Gollin S, Aromolaran A, Rastely-Júnior V, Lessa M, Sacramento GA, Cruz JS, de Oliveira D, dos Santos LL, da Silva CG, Botosso VF, Soares CP, Araujo DB, Oliveira DB, dos Santos Alves RP, Andreata-Santos R, Durigon EL, de Souza Ferreira LC, Wunder EA, Khouri R, Oliveira-Filho J, de Siqueira IC, Almeida ARP, Reis MG, Ko AI, Costa F. Social determinants associated with Zika virus infection in pregnant women. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2021, 15: e0009612. PMID: 34329305, PMCID: PMC8323902, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009612.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPregnant womenSocial determinantsZIKV exposureZIKV infectionZika virusPlaque reduction neutralization testReferral maternity hospitalZika virus infectionReduction neutralization testCross-sectional studyKey social determinantsZIKV resultsClinical characteristicsMaternity hospitalRisk factorsVirus infectionExposure statusSociodemographic determinantsNeutralization testMultivariate analysisInfection riskLogistic regressionLower educationFuture interventionsInfection
2019
Zika Virus Infection — After the Pandemic
Musso D, Ko AI, Baud D. Zika Virus Infection — After the Pandemic. New England Journal Of Medicine 2019, 381: 1444-1457. PMID: 31597021, DOI: 10.1056/nejmra1808246.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZika virus infectionVirus infectionMosquito-borne flavivirusZika virusCongenital defectsInfectionFEVFlavivirusesMicrocephalyRisk of Zika microcephaly correlates with features of maternal antibodies
Robbiani DF, Olsen PC, Costa F, Wang Q, Oliveira TY, Nery N, Aromolaran A, do Rosário MS, Sacramento GA, Cruz JS, Khouri R, Wunder EA, Mattos A, de Paula Freitas B, Sarno M, Archanjo G, Daltro D, Carvalho GBS, Pimentel K, de Siqueira IC, de Almeida JRM, Henriques DF, Lima JA, Vasconcelos PFC, Schaefer-Babajew D, Azzopardi SA, Bozzacco L, Gazumyan A, Belfort R, Alcântara AP, Carvalho G, Moreira L, Araujo K, Reis MG, Keesler RI, Coffey LL, Tisoncik-Go J, Gale M, Rajagopal L, Waldorf K, Dudley DM, Simmons HA, Mejia A, O’Connor D, Steinbach RJ, Haese N, Smith J, Lewis A, Colgin L, Roberts V, Frias A, Kelleher M, Hirsch A, Streblow DN, Rice CM, MacDonald MR, de Almeida ARP, Van Rompay KKA, Ko AI, Nussenzweig MC. Risk of Zika microcephaly correlates with features of maternal antibodies. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2019, 216: 2302-2315. PMID: 31413072, PMCID: PMC6781003, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20191061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaternal antibodiesFetal brain damageSerum antibody responseZika virus infectionInfected pregnanciesMicrocephalic infantsAntibody responsePregnant macaquesRisk factorsBrain damageVirus infectionCongenital abnormalitiesLow titersBrazilian womenMicrocephalyTitersPregnancyZIKVAntibodiesBirthRiskInfantsInfectionAbnormalitiesFlaviviruses