Infection-related microcephaly after the 2015 and 2016 Zika virus outbreaks in Brazil: a surveillance-based analysis.

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On Nov 11, 2015, the Brazilian Ministry of Health declared a Public Health Emergency of National Concern in response to an increased number of microcephaly cases, possibly related to previous Zika virus outbreaks. We describe the course of the dual epidemics of the Zika virus infection during pregnancy and microcephaly in Brazil up to Nov 12, 2016, the first anniversary of this declaration.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Lancet

Title: Lancet (London, England)

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1474-547X

ISSN (Print): 0140-6736

Publication date (Electronic): Aug 26 2017

Volume: 390

Issue: 10097

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[1 ] Secretariat of Health Surveillance, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Brasília, Brazil; Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Electronic address: wkoliveira@gmail.com.

[2 ] Secretariat of Health Surveillance, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Brasília, Brazil.

[3 ] Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

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Publisher Item ID: S0140-6736(17)31368-5

DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31368-5

PubMed ID: 28647172

SO-VID: d0d178ae-0f6a-4f53-a39f-373656252d85

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