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SUBMITTER: Vedovello D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7040052 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vedovello Danila D Witkin Steven S SS Silva Andrea Cristina Botelho ACB Fajardo Thamirys Cosmo Gillo TCG Mello Alexandra Siqueira AS Bertozzi Ana Paula Antunes Pascalicchio APAP da Silva Alify Bertoldo AB Filho Nemésio Florence Vieira NFV Rodrigues Maria Manoela Duarte MMD Gazeta Rosa Estela RE Moron Antônio Fernandes AF Sarmento Stéphanno Gomes Pereira SGP Soriano-Arandes Antonio A Passos Saulo Duarte SD
Journal of neurovirology 20190909 1
Paired maternal and newborn urine and amniotic fluid from 138 subjects collected during a Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak was analyzed for ZIKV by gene amplification (RT-qPCR), and the findings were correlated with clinical symptoms and neurological anomalies in the babies. ZIKV was detected in 1 of 9 symptomatic women (11.1%) and in 19 of 129 asymptomatic women (14.7%). Neurological manifestations were present in 19 babies (13.7%), 10 of 20 (50%) positive and 9 of 119 (7.6%) negative (p < 0.001) for ...[more]