Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (Jan 2016)

DENGUE DURING PREGNANCY: ASSOCIATION WITH LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND PREMATURITY

  • Christiane Fernandes RIBEIRO,
  • Vânia Glória Silami LOPES,
  • Patricia Brasil,
  • Licinio Esmeraldo da Silva,
  • Pedro Henrique Fernandes Josephson RIBEIRO,
  • Luca Cipriani UGENTI,
  • Rita Maria Ribeiro NOGUEIRA

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201658008
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 58, no. 0

Abstract

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of dengue virus infection during pregnancy and its correlation with low birth weight, prematurity, and asphyxia. A non-concurrent cohort study reveals the association of dengue during pregnancy with prematurity and low birth weight, when birth occurred during the maternal-fetal viremia period (p = 0.016 and p < 0.0001, respectively).

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