Improving pandemic response: employing mathematical modeling to confront coronavirus disease 2019

M Biggerstaff, RB Slayton… - Clinical Infectious …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Modeling complements surveillance data to inform coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
public health decision making and policy development. This includes the use of modeling to …

Zika virus during pregnancy: From maternal exposure to congenital Zika virus syndrome

L Pomar, D Musso, G Malinger, M Vouga… - Prenatal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
What is already known about the topic? The Zika virus (ZIKV) emergence and its
consequences during pregnancy led to an increasing number of data about the maternal …

Spreading the (fake) news: exploring health messages on social media and the implications for health professionals using a case study

S Sommariva, C Vamos, A Mantzarlis… - American journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The importance of social networking sites (SNSs) as platforms to engage in the
correction of “fake news” has been documented widely. More evidence is needed to …

Maternal-fetal interplay in Zika virus infection and adverse perinatal outcomes

FME Teixeira, AJ Pietrobon, LM Oliveira… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
During pregnancy, the organization of complex tolerance mechanisms occurs to assure non-
rejection of the semiallogeneic fetus. Pregnancy is a period of vulnerability to some viral …

Neurological complications of congenital Zika virus infection

V de Melo Marques, CS Santos, IG Santiago… - Pediatric …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Background In utero Zika virus infection resulted in many newborns with congenital
defects; this public health issue was followed by unprecedented scientific productivity in this …

Early maternal Zika infection predicts severe neonatal neurological damage: results from the prospective Natural History of Zika Virus Infection in Gestation cohort …

CM Coutinho, SFBM Negrini… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To define the prevalence of adverse outcomes of maternal infection in a large
cohort of ZIKV‐infected Brazilian women and their infants. Design Prospective population …

“One feels anger to know there is no one to help us!”. Perceptions of mothers of children with Zika virus-associated microcephaly in Caribbean Colombia: A qualitative …

E Marbán-Castro, C Enguita-Fernàndez… - PLos Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background The epidemic of Zika virus (ZIKV) was associated with a sudden and
unprecedented increase in infants born with microcephaly. Colombia was the second most …

Surveillance of Zika virus in field-caught Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus suggests important role of male mosquitoes in viral populations maintenance in Medellín …

A Calle-Tobón, J Pérez-Pérez, R Rojo… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the rapid spread of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection after its emergence in the Americas in
2015 and its relationship with birth defects, it became declared a Public Health Emergency …

Zika and women's sexual and reproductive health: Critical first steps to understand the role of gender in the Colombian epidemic

LJ Forero‐Martínez, R Murad… - … of Gynecology & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To describe the mechanisms of implementation of Zika virus diagnosis,
prevention, and management guidelines in Colombia, and to characterize their influence on …

Women's reluctance for pregnancy: Experiences and perceptions of Zika virus in Medellin, Colombia

V Tirado, SA Morales Mesa, J Kinsman… - … of Gynecology & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To explore how being infected with the Zika virus during pregnancy was
experienced by affected women, and how it influenced their family relationships and future …