Zika virus and microcephaly in Brazil: a scientific agenda

Since 1981, the Brazilian population has had dengue fever epidemics and all control efforts have been unsuccessful.1 In 2014, chikungunya fever was reported for the first time in the country.2 In 2015, the occurrence of Zika virus was also reported,3 along with an increase of microcephaly and brain...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 2016-03, Vol.387 (10022), p.919-921
Hauptverfasser:	Barreto, Mauricio L, Barral-Netto, Manoel, Stabeli, Rodrigo, Almeida-Filho, Naomar, Vasconcelos, Pedro F C, Teixeira, Mauro, Buss, Paulo, Gadelha, Paulo E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aquatic insects Biomedical Research Birth defects Brazil - epidemiology Health Policy Humans Internal Medicine Maternal & child health Microcephaly - epidemiology Microcephaly - prevention & control Microcephaly - virology Mosquitoes Newborn babies Studies Vector-borne diseases Zika Virus Zika Virus Infection - epidemiology Zika Virus Infection - prevention & control
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Zusammenfassung:	Since 1981, the Brazilian population has had dengue fever epidemics and all control efforts have been unsuccessful.1 In 2014, chikungunya fever was reported for the first time in the country.2 In 2015, the occurrence of Zika virus was also reported,3 along with an increase of microcephaly and brain damage in newborn babies.4,5 The mosquito Aedes aegypti is the most conventional vector of these three viral infections and is widely disseminated in a great part of urban Brazil.
ISSN:	0140-6736 1474-547X
DOI:	10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00545-6