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Zika Virus Specific Diagnostic Epitope Discovery
Published on: December 12, 2017
Zikavírus: knowledge, perceptions, and care practices of infected pregnant women
Camila Alves de Sousa1, Daniela do Carmo Oliveira Mendes1, Leandro Felipe Mufato1
1Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso (UNEMAT), Campus de Tangará da Serra, Departamento de Enfermagem. Tangará da Serra, Mato Grosso, Brasil.
Objective:
To understand the knowledge, perceptions and care practices of women who have contracted the Zika virus during pregnancy.
Methods:
Qualitative, descriptive-exploratory study. The data collection was carried out with 10 women who contracted the Zika virus during pregnancy, through an open interview in a municipality of the Central-West Region, Brazil, in 2017. The analysis of the thematic content allowed to present two categories. The study respected the ethical aspects for research with human beings.
Results:
The knowledge of infected pregnant women was reduced to little information, being the source of the information the Internet and the television, with little expression of the health services. Fear and concern about the baby are present in the feelings influencing the care practices in the gestation period.
Conclusion:
Pregnant women receive little information from the health services and their prevention practices are related to the fear of transmitting the infection to the baby during pregnancy.
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