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ArticleJournal of the Turkish German Gynecological Association2018

Zika virus and pregnancy in Brazil: What happened?

Alessandra Mendelski Pereira, Denise Leite Maia Monteiro, Heron Werner, Pedro Daltro, Tatiana Fazecas, Bianca Guedes, Gabriele Tonni, Alberto Borges Peixoto, Edward Araujo Júnior

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Article in Journal of the Turkish German Gynecological Association, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022
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  3. Developing vaccines against epidemic-prone emerging infectious diseases.Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2020
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  5. Zika virus infection.Radiologia brasileira
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Alessandra Mendelski PereiraDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Denise Leite Maia MonteiroDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Heron WernerDepartment of Radiology, Clínica de Diagnóstico por Imagem, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Pedro DaltroDepartment of Radiology, Clínica de Diagnóstico por Imagem, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Tatiana FazecasDepartment of Radiology, Clínica de Diagnóstico por Imagem, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Bianca GuedesDepartment of Radiology, Clínica de Diagnóstico por Imagem, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Gabriele TonniDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Guastalla Civil Hospital, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Alberto Borges PeixotoMário Palmério University Hospital, University of Uberaba, Uberaba, Brazil.
Edward Araujo JúniorDepartment of Obstetrics, Paulista School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Centrus Diagnósticos por Imagem · BRUniversidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro · BRUniversidade de Uberaba · BRUniversidade Federal de São Paulo · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The recent epidemic of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in Central and South America is one of the most serious global public health emergencies since the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. In Brazil, especially in the north, northeast, and southeast parts of the country, the ZIKV outbreak is a cause of concern for pregnant women because ZIKV intrauterine infection has been found to be associated with multiple brain malformations and microcephaly. In Brazil, the number of newborns with confirmed microcephaly per year recorded during the ZIKV outbreak, has been approximately 15 times greater than previously reported. Considering that the infection is self-limiting and symptomatic, it is usually diagnosed at the time of routine prenatal scan, especially in the third trimester. In other cases, the disease is detected after childbirth through neuroimaging. This study provides an insight into the history and evolution of ZIKV in Brazil, including current knowledge concerning the transmission, diagnosis, and pathogenesis of the infection. In addition, this review describes the pre- and postnatal neuroimaging findings obtained using ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, and computed tomography.

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intrauterine infectionmicrocephalyultrasound magnetic resonance imaging.Zika virus

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PMID29503261
PMCPMC5838777
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