Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (Mar 2019)

The role of pregnant women with rash in the Zika virus sentinel surveillance

  • Renata Soares Martins,
  • Michele Higa Fróes,
  • Leila del Castillo Saad,
  • Satiro Márcio Ignácio Junior,
  • Walkiria Delnero Almeida Prado,
  • Ernesto Machado Figueiredo,
  • Renato Pereira de Souza,
  • Juliana Silva Nogueira,
  • Adriana Yurika Maeda,
  • Helena Keico Sato,
  • Regiane Cardoso de Paula,
  • Gizelda Katz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0351-2018
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 52, no. 0

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Abstract INTRODUCTION: The state of São Paulo has been monitoring cases of microcephaly and pregnant women presenting with acute rash, through CeVeSP. METHODS: This was a descriptive study focusing on pregnant women with rash and the outcome of their pregnancy, based on the notifications through the CeVeSP. RESULTS: During 2016, 2,209 cases of pregnant women with rash were reported and investigated. Of these, 36.6% were confirmed. Of the pregnant women who tested positive for ZIKV, 6.4% did not have a favorable outcome. CONCLUSIONS Our results allowed the characterization of pregnant women exposed to ZIKV and the outcome of pregnancy.

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