Educational Programme for Pregnant Women About Zika Virus Infection in Benha City

Zika Virus Infection in Pregnant Women: Topic for Discussion.

Dear Editor, the recent publication on Zika virus infection is very interesting.1 It is no doubt that Zika virus infection in pregnant is an actual challenge.1 The unwanted outcome of the infection in pregnancy is well documented. Nevertheless, there are many topics for further discussions. First, how to monitor the pregnancy until term required the outcome from the consensus of experts. Fetal ...

Zika virus infection in pregnant women in Honduras: study protocol

BACKGROUND Although there is increasing evidence for a relationship between symptomatic Zika virus (ZIKV) maternal infection, and microcephaly, a firm causal relation has yet to be established by epidemiologic studies. Studies also need to be conducted in recently infected settings. Our objectives are to assess the frequency of ZIKV infection during pregnancy in Honduras and the association of ...

Challenges of Zika Virus Infection in Pregnant Women.

The zika virus (ZIKV) is an arbovirus belonging to the genus Flavivirus of the Flaviviridae family that is transmitted by mosquitoesof thegenusAedes. It has a transmissionmechanism similar to dengue, yellow fever, and chikungunya viruses.1 Thefirst description of ZIKVoccurred in 1947when it was isolated in Rhesusmonkeys used as sentinels for yellow fever. This discovery occurred in the Zika for...

Zika Virus Infection after Returning from Thailand

Prolonged Detection of Zika Virus RNA in Pregnant Women.

OBJECTIVE Zika virus infection during pregnancy is a cause of microcephaly and other fetal brain abnormalities. Reports indicate that the duration of detectable viral RNA in serum after symptom onset is brief. In a recent case report involving a severely affected fetus, Zika virus RNA was detected in maternal serum 10 weeks after symptom onset, longer than the duration of RNA detection in serum...