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

Garza González, Elvira y Mendoza Olazarán, Soraya Sarahí y Román Campos, Raúl y Téllez Marroquín, Ricardo y Saldívar Rodríguez, Donato y Soria López, Juan Antonio y Guzman, Abel y Flores Treviño, Samantha Maribel y Camacho Ortiz, Adrián (2017) Rapid spread of an ongoing outbreak of Zika virus disease in pregnant women in a Mexican hospital. The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 21 (5). pp. 554-556. ISSN 14138670

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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.

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