Rapid spread of an ongoing outbreak of Zika virus disease in pregnant women in a Mexican hospital

In the first nine weeks of implementation of a Zika Virus Preparedness Plan in a Mexican Public Hospital, we cared for 221 pregnant women with any signal or symptom suggesting Zika virus infection and 99 (44.8%) patients were found to be positive for Zika virus. The median age of patients was 25.3 y...

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Autores principales: Garza González, Elvira, Mendoza Olazarán, Soraya Sarahí, Román Campos, Raúl, Téllez Marroquín, Ricardo, Saldívar Rodríguez, Donato, Soria López, Juan Antonio, Guzman, Abel, Flores Treviño, Samantha Maribel, Camacho Ortiz, Adrián
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:http://eprints.uanl.mx/14513/1/25.pdf
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Sumario:In the first nine weeks of implementation of a Zika Virus Preparedness Plan in a Mexican Public Hospital, we cared for 221 pregnant women with any signal or symptom suggesting Zika virus infection and 99 (44.8%) patients were found to be positive for Zika virus. The median age of patients was 25.3 years (range 13–49). Symptoms in PCR-positive patients were rash (91.4%) followed by headache (53.1%), myalgia (46.9%), arthralgia (45.7%), pruritus (35.8%), retroocular pain (29.6%), conjunctivitis (21%), and fever (21%). The women’s epidemiologic exposure history indicates local transmission and a community outbreak.