Zika

An Ongoing Threat to Women and Infants

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ID5166758
AutoresBeatriz Macedo Coimbra Dos Santos (Fundação Getulio Vargas), Flavio Codeço Coelho (0000-0003-3868-4391, Fundação Getulio Vargas), Margaret Armstrong (0000-0002-8033-7273, Fundação Getulio Vargas), Valéria Saraceni (0000-0001-7360-6490, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde), Cristina Lemos (Secretaria Municipal de Saúde)
Año2018
Volumen34
Número11
Páginase00038218-e00038218
Fecha de publicación2018-11-08
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0102-311x00038218
PMID30427409
OpenAlexW2949806180
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2018001100501
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas12

Recent data from the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, shows a sharp drop in the number of reported occurrences of Zika during the summer of 2016/2017, compared to the previous summer. There is still a much higher incidence among women than men, almost certainly due to sexual transmission. An unexpected feature of the new data is that there are proportionally far more cases affecting children under 15 months than older age classes. By comparing incidence rates in 2016/2017 and 2015/2016, we were able to deduce the proportion of reported cases affecting men and women, and verify that gender disparity is still present. Women and children are still risk groups for Zika infection, even during non-epidemic seasons

Geography · Incidence (geometry) · Sociology · Transmission (telecommunications) · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Mosquito-borne diseases and control · Viral Infections and Vectors · Pediatrics