Epidemiologisches Bulletin Nr.2 /2016, S.16
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 10(3): e0004530 -Published: March 2, 2016
This paper reviews the status of the Zika virus outbreak, including medical countermeasureoptions, with a focus on how the epidemiology, insect vectors, neuropathology, virology and immunology inform options and strategies available for m...edical countermeasure development and deployment.
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This article was published on March 4, 2016, at NEJM.org.
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1602412
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Orientaciones provisionales para los dispensadoresde atención de la salud. En el presente documento se ofrecen orientaciones a los dispensadores de atención de la salud (por ejemplo, médicos y enfermeros) sobre el modo de brindar, principalmente a las mujeres infectadas por el virus ...de Zika durante el embarazo y a sus familiares, una respuesta de apoyo que satisfaga sus necesidades psicosociales y de salud mental.
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En el presente documento se brinda una orientación provisional sobre los criterios de medición del perímetro cefálico, los patrones de crecimiento que se deben utilizar como referencia, la evaluación clínica y las pruebas y exploraciones necesarias para diagnosticar la microcefalia y las alter...aciones neurológicas que puede ocasionar.
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Birth to 13 weeks (z-scores)
Este documentopretende fornecer orientações provisórias sobre medições padrão da circunferência da cabeça, padrões de referência para o crescimento, avaliações e investigações clínicas necessárias para estabelecer um diagnóstico de microcefalia e verificar se há anomalias neuroló...gicas associadas
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Zika and dengue viruses remain significant public health threats. These viruses share the same Aedes (Stegomyia) mosquito vectors and geographic distributions but infections cannot be readily distinguished clinically and need to be differentiated from each other, and from other circulating arboviral... and non-arboviral pathogens, using laboratory tests. This document provides guidance on current testing strategies for Zika and dengue virus infections with updates to the previous interim guidance for laboratory testing for ZIKV, addressing pregnant and non-pregnant patients respectively, and incorporates current guidance for dengue virus diagnostic testing. The choice of laboratory assays and interpretation of test results require careful consideration of epidemiology, patient history, and limitations of existing diagnostic tests.
This interim guidance is for use by staff of laboratories testing for Zika and dengue virus infections and for clinical practitioners and public health professionals providing clinical management or surveillance.
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Birth to 13 weeks (z-scores)
Birth to 13 weeks (z-scores)
Zika virus has been reported in dozens of countries around the world from 2015 onwards. WHO’s experience over 2016 has shown that Zika virus and the associated neurological complications represent a long-term public health challenge.
In a series of 5 podcasts on Zika, we bring you stories of Evid...ence in action. Episode 1: Zika epidemiology; Episode 2: Long-term management of congenital Zika virus syndrome; Episdoe 3: Ethics of Zika virus; Episode 4: Zika virus research; Episode 5: The future of outbreaks
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