Symptomatic Dengue during Pregnancy and Congenital Neurologic Malformations

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. London, United Kingdom / Universidade Federal da Bahia. Instituto de Saúde Coletiva. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Universidade Federal da Bahia. Instituto de Saúde Coletiva. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Universidade Federal da Bahia. Instituto de Saúde Coletiva. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Universidade Federal da Bahia. Instituto de Saúde Coletiva. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Centro de Integração de Dados e Conhecimento para a Saúde. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. London, United Kingdom / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Centro de Integração de Dados e Conhecimento para a Saúde. Salvador, BA, Brasil.

Abstract

Dengue virus infection during pregnancy increased the risk for any neurologic congenital anomaly in the infant by roughly 50% and for other congenital malformations of brain 4-fold. Our results show an association between dengue during pregnancy and congenital anomalies of the brain, suggesting that flaviviruses other than Zika virus are associated with such malformations.

Keywords in Portuguese

Dengue
Vírus da dengue
Defeitos congênitos
Anomalias congênitas
Malformações neurológicas
Ggravidez
Infecções transmitidas por vetores
Virus

Keywords

Dengue
Dengue virus
Birth defects
Congenital anomalies
Neurologic malformations
Pregnancy
Vector-borne infections
Viruses

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Citation

PAIXÃO, Enny Santos da et al. Symptomatic dengue during pregnancy and congenital neurologic malformations. Emerging Infectious Diseases, v. 24, n. 9, p. 1748-1750, Sept. 2018.

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10.3201/eid2409.170361

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1080-6040

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/31446

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