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Prevalence and diagnostic accuracy of microcephaly in a pediatric cohort in Bra...
Bertozzi,Ana Paula Antunes Pascalicchio; Gazeta,Rosa Estela; Fajardo,Thamirys Cosmo Gillo; Moron,Antonio Fernandes; Soriano-Arandes,Antoni; Alarcon,AnaAbstract Objective We sought to describe the prevalence of microcephaly and to compare the different cutoff points established by the Brazilian Ministry of Health at various times during a Zika virus epidemic. As a secondary aim, we investigated the possible etiology of the microcephaly. Method This retrospective study utilized newborn participants in the Zika Cohort Study Jundiaí. Newborns from the Zika Cohort...
Surveillance of hemorrhagic fever and/or neuroinvasive disease: challenges of d...
Araújo,Leonardo José Tadeu de; Gonzalez,Lorenzo Lang; Buss,Lewis Fletcher; Guerra,Juliana Mariotti; Gomez,David Salas; Ferreira,Camila Santos da SilvaABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate the performance of post mortem laboratory analysis in identifying the causes of hemorrhagic fever and/or neuroinvasive disease in deaths by arbovirus infection. METHODS Retrospective cross-sectional study based on the differential analysis and final outcome obtained in patients whose samples underwent laboratory testing for arboviruses at the Pathology Center of the Adolfo Lutz In...