Rapid spread of an ongoing outbreak of Zika virus disease in pregnant women in a Mexican hospital

Rapid spread of an ongoing outbreak of Zika virus disease in pregnant women in a Mexican hospital

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 ye...

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Main Authors: Elvira Garza-González, Soraya Mendoza-Olazarán, Raúl Roman-Campos, Ricardo Téllez-Marroquín, Donato Saldívar-Rodríguez, Juan A. Soria-López, Abel Guzman, Samantha Flores-Treviño, Adrián Camacho-Ortiz
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S141386701630681X
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spelling doaj-86aa6945608841588ae81647550038762020-11-25T03:00:41ZengElsevierBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases1413-86702017-09-01215554556Rapid spread of an ongoing outbreak of Zika virus disease in pregnant women in a Mexican hospitalElvira Garza-González0Soraya Mendoza-Olazarán1Raúl Roman-Campos2Ricardo Téllez-Marroquín3Donato Saldívar-Rodríguez4Juan A. Soria-López5Abel Guzman6Samantha Flores-Treviño7Adrián Camacho-Ortiz8Corresponding author.; Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Monterrey, MexicoUniversidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Monterrey, MexicoUniversidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Monterrey, MexicoUniversidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Monterrey, MexicoUniversidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Monterrey, MexicoUniversidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Monterrey, MexicoUniversidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Monterrey, MexicoUniversidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Monterrey, MexicoUniversidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Monterrey, MexicoIn 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. Keywords: Zika virus disease, Congenital Zika virus syndrome, Microcephalyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S141386701630681X
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author Elvira Garza-González
Soraya Mendoza-Olazarán
Raúl Roman-Campos
Ricardo Téllez-Marroquín
Donato Saldívar-Rodríguez
Juan A. Soria-López
Abel Guzman
Samantha Flores-Treviño
Adrián Camacho-Ortiz
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Soraya Mendoza-Olazarán
Raúl Roman-Campos
Ricardo Téllez-Marroquín
Donato Saldívar-Rodríguez
Juan A. Soria-López
Abel Guzman
Samantha Flores-Treviño
Adrián Camacho-Ortiz
Rapid spread of an ongoing outbreak of Zika virus disease in pregnant women in a Mexican hospital
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Soraya Mendoza-Olazarán
Raúl Roman-Campos
Ricardo Téllez-Marroquín
Donato Saldívar-Rodríguez
Juan A. Soria-López
Abel Guzman
Samantha Flores-Treviño
Adrián Camacho-Ortiz
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title Rapid spread of an ongoing outbreak of Zika virus disease in pregnant women in a Mexican hospital
title_short Rapid spread of an ongoing outbreak of Zika virus disease in pregnant women in a Mexican hospital
title_full Rapid spread of an ongoing outbreak of Zika virus disease in pregnant women in a Mexican hospital
title_fullStr Rapid spread of an ongoing outbreak of Zika virus disease in pregnant women in a Mexican hospital
title_full_unstemmed Rapid spread of an ongoing outbreak of Zika virus disease in pregnant women in a Mexican hospital
title_sort rapid spread of an ongoing outbreak of zika virus disease in pregnant women in a mexican hospital
publisher Elsevier
series Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
issn 1413-8670
publishDate 2017-09-01
description 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. Keywords: Zika virus disease, Congenital Zika virus syndrome, Microcephaly
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S141386701630681X
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