Increase in reported prevalence of microcephaly in infants born to women living in areas with confirmed Zika virus transmission during the first trimester of pregnancy — Brazil, 2015

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 242-247

  De Oliveira, Wanderson Kleber ^a   Cortez Escalante, Juan ^b   De Oliveira, Wanessa Tenório Gonçalves Holanda ^a   Carmo, Greice Madeleine Ikeda Do ^a   Henriques, Cláudio Maierovitch Pessanha ^a   Coelho, Giovanini Evelim ^a   De França, Giovanny Vinícius Araújo ^a  

^a MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; ZIKA FEVER;

BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84960348880     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6509e2     Document Type: Article

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