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The proportion of asymptomatic infections and spectrum of disease among pregnant women infected by Zika virus: systematic monitoring in French Guiana, 2016.
- Source :
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Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin [Euro Surveill] 2017 Nov; Vol. 22 (44). - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Zika virus (ZIKV) infection has been associated with complications during pregnancy. Although the presence of symptoms might be a risk factor for complication, the proportion of ZIKV-infected pregnant women with symptoms remains unknown. Following the emergence of ZIKV in French Guiana, all pregnancies in the territory were monitored by RT-PCR and/or detection of ZIKV antibodies. Follow-up data collected during pregnancy monitoring interviews were analysed from 1 February to 1 June 2016. We enrolled 3,050 pregnant women aged 14-48 years and 573 (19%) had laboratory-confirmed ZIKV infection. Rash, arthralgia, myalgia and conjunctival hyperaemia were more frequently observed in ZIKV-positive women; 23% of them (95% confidence interval (CI): 20-27) had at least one symptom compatible with ZIKV infection. Women 30 years and older were significantly more likely to have symptoms than younger women (28% vs 20%). The proportion of symptomatic infections varied from 17% in the remote interior to 35% in the urbanised population near the coast (adjusted risk ratio: 1.6; 95% CI: 1.4-1.9.). These estimates put findings on cohorts of symptomatic ZIKV-positive pregnant women into the wider context of an epidemic with mainly asymptomatic infections. The proportion of symptomatic ZIKV infections appears to vary substantially between populations.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
French Guiana epidemiology
Humans
Microcephaly complications
Microcephaly virology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious blood
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious epidemiology
RNA, Viral genetics
RNA, Viral isolation & purification
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Zika Virus genetics
Zika Virus immunology
Zika Virus Infection blood
Zika Virus Infection epidemiology
Zika Virus Infection immunology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks
Population Surveillance
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious virology
Zika Virus isolation & purification
Zika Virus Infection diagnosis
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1560-7917
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 44
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 29113627
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.44.17-00102