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Zika Virus Infectious Cell Culture System and the In Vitro Prophylactic Effect of Interferons
Published on: August 23, 2016
[Clinical features of Zika virus]
David Alejandro Cabrera-Gaytán1, Stephanie Anaid Galván-Hernández
1Coordinación de Vigilancia Epidemiológica, Unidad de Atención Primaria a la Salud, Dirección de Prestaciones Médicas, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad de México, México. david.cabrerag@imss.gob.mx; dcpreventiva@gmail.com.
Background:
Zika virus was introduced to the country and threatens to spread, so the health personnel must be able to identify the disease and face an operational definition given case; in this review the clinical manifestations of probable cases of Zika of the last five years were described.
Methods:
A search was performed in Google Scholar and PubMed with "Zika". He settled for a database and obtained simple frequencies and calculated the limits for proportions with an alpha of 0.05 through test Wilson.
Results:
109 probable cases of fever came together by Zika, the clinical manifestations was heterogeneous, with predominant involvement to musculoskeletal, dermatological and systemic level.
Conclusions:
It is necessary to continue the documentation of the clinical manifestations of Zika virus, which will be achieved by strengthening epidemiological surveillance.
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