Raised Frequency of Microcephaly Related to Zika Virus Infection in Two Birth Defects Surveillance Systems in Bogotá and Cali, Colombia

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1017-1019

  Hurtado Villa, Paula ^a   Puerto, Angie K ^b   Victoria, Salomé ^a   Gracia, Gloria ^b   Guasmayán, Lesly ^b   Arce, Patricia ^b   Álvarez, Gilberto ^b   Blandón, Esperanza ^b   Rengifo, Nubia ^b   Holguín, Jorge A ^b   Durán, Alexander ^b   Zarante, Ignacio ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN IGNACIO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

central nervous system malformations; microcephaly; zika virus

Indexed keywords

COLOMBIA; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCEPHALY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; TERATOGENESIS; TREND STUDY; ZIKA FEVER; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; VIROLOGY; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROCEPHALY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85021803805     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001670     Document Type: Review

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