High incidence of Zika virus infection detected in plasma and cervical cytology specimens from pregnant women in Guayaquil, Ecuador

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Zambrano, Hector ^a   Waggoner, Jesse ^b   León, Karina ^c   Pinsky, Benjamin ^d   Vera, Ketty ^a   Schettino, Marissa ^a   Rivera, Lisette ^a   Landivar, José ^a   Granda, María ^e   Lee, Angela ^f   Mor, Gil ^g  

^a HOSPITAL LUIS VERNAZA   (Ecuador)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Enrique C Sotomayor Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital   (Ecuador)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DEL LITORAL   (Ecuador)

^f DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical cytology; incidence; pregnancy; preterm labor; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECUADOR; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MICROCEPHALY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PLASMA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; NEWBORN DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RISK; UTERINE CERVIX; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVIX UTERI; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MICROCEPHALY; PLASMA; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK; YOUNG ADULT; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85011888112     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12630     Document Type: Conference Paper

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