Detection of Zika virus infection among asymptomatic pregnant women in the North of Peru

Objective: To report an outbreak of ZIKV infection among asymptomatic pregnant women during 2016 in the city of Jaen, Cajamarca. Results: Zika virus RNA was detected in 3.2% (n = 36) of cases by RT-PCR. The mean age of patients positive for ZIKV infection was 29.6 years. 7 patients (19.4%) infected...

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Main Authors: Weilg, Claudia, Troyes, Lucinda, Villegas, Zoila, Silva-Caso, Wilmer, Mazulis, Fernando, Febres, Ammy, Troyes, Mario, Aguilar-Luis, Miguel Angel, del Valle-Mendoza, Juana
Other Authors: claudia.weilg@gmail.com
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Language:English
Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10757/624624
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spelling ndltd-PERUUPC-oai-repositorioacademico.upc.edu.pe-10757-6246242018-12-04T04:25:50Z Detection of Zika virus infection among asymptomatic pregnant women in the North of Peru Weilg, Claudia Troyes, Lucinda Villegas, Zoila Silva-Caso, Wilmer Mazulis, Fernando Febres, Ammy Troyes, Mario Aguilar-Luis, Miguel Angel del Valle-Mendoza, Juana claudia.weilg@gmail.com Outbreak of Zika Peru Pregnant women Zika virus Objective: To report an outbreak of ZIKV infection among asymptomatic pregnant women during 2016 in the city of Jaen, Cajamarca. Results: Zika virus RNA was detected in 3.2% (n = 36) of cases by RT-PCR. The mean age of patients positive for ZIKV infection was 29.6 years. 7 patients (19.4%) infected with ZIKV were in their first-trimester of gestation, 13 (36.1%) were in their second-trimester, and 16 (44%) were in their third-trimester. All of the infected pregnant women were asymptomatic. ZIKV infection remains a major public health issue that calls for constant epidemiological surveillance. It can cause the congenital Zika virus syndrome in the newborns of infected mothers. The lack of molecular diagnostic methods in isolated localities and the similarity of symptoms to other arboviral infections, lead to an under-diagnosis of this disease in endemic areas. Revisión por pares 2018-11-23T22:27:43Z 2018-11-23T22:27:43Z 2018-05-18 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1756-0500 10.1186/s13104-018-3400-z http://hdl.handle.net/10757/624624 BMC Research Notes 0000 0001 2196 144X eng https://bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13104-018-3400-z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ application/pdf BioMed Central Ltd. Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) Repositorio Academico - UPC BMC Research Notes 11 1
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topic Outbreak of Zika
Peru
Pregnant women
Zika virus
spellingShingle Outbreak of Zika
Peru
Pregnant women
Zika virus
Weilg, Claudia
Troyes, Lucinda
Villegas, Zoila
Silva-Caso, Wilmer
Mazulis, Fernando
Febres, Ammy
Troyes, Mario
Aguilar-Luis, Miguel Angel
del Valle-Mendoza, Juana
Detection of Zika virus infection among asymptomatic pregnant women in the North of Peru
description Objective: To report an outbreak of ZIKV infection among asymptomatic pregnant women during 2016 in the city of Jaen, Cajamarca. Results: Zika virus RNA was detected in 3.2% (n = 36) of cases by RT-PCR. The mean age of patients positive for ZIKV infection was 29.6 years. 7 patients (19.4%) infected with ZIKV were in their first-trimester of gestation, 13 (36.1%) were in their second-trimester, and 16 (44%) were in their third-trimester. All of the infected pregnant women were asymptomatic. ZIKV infection remains a major public health issue that calls for constant epidemiological surveillance. It can cause the congenital Zika virus syndrome in the newborns of infected mothers. The lack of molecular diagnostic methods in isolated localities and the similarity of symptoms to other arboviral infections, lead to an under-diagnosis of this disease in endemic areas. === Revisión por pares
author2 claudia.weilg@gmail.com
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Weilg, Claudia
Troyes, Lucinda
Villegas, Zoila
Silva-Caso, Wilmer
Mazulis, Fernando
Febres, Ammy
Troyes, Mario
Aguilar-Luis, Miguel Angel
del Valle-Mendoza, Juana
author Weilg, Claudia
Troyes, Lucinda
Villegas, Zoila
Silva-Caso, Wilmer
Mazulis, Fernando
Febres, Ammy
Troyes, Mario
Aguilar-Luis, Miguel Angel
del Valle-Mendoza, Juana
author_sort Weilg, Claudia
title Detection of Zika virus infection among asymptomatic pregnant women in the North of Peru
title_short Detection of Zika virus infection among asymptomatic pregnant women in the North of Peru
title_full Detection of Zika virus infection among asymptomatic pregnant women in the North of Peru
title_fullStr Detection of Zika virus infection among asymptomatic pregnant women in the North of Peru
title_full_unstemmed Detection of Zika virus infection among asymptomatic pregnant women in the North of Peru
title_sort detection of zika virus infection among asymptomatic pregnant women in the north of peru
publisher BioMed Central Ltd.
publishDate 2018
url http://hdl.handle.net/10757/624624
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