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    • Can zika account for the missing babies? 

      Coelho, Flávio Codeço; Armstrong, Margaret; Saraceni, Valeria; Lemos, Cristina
      2017-11-29
      The Zika virus (ZIKV) spread rapidly in Brazil in 2015 and 2016. Rio de Janeiro was among the Brazilian cities which were hit the hardest, with more that a hundred thousand confirmed cases up to the end of 2016. Given the ...
    • Higher incidence of Zika in adult women than adult men in Rio de Janeiro suggests a significant contribution of sexual transmission from men to women 

      Coelho, Flávio Codeço; Durovni, Betina; Saraceni, Valeria; Lemos, Cristina Ribeiro; Codeço, Claudia Torres; Camargo, Sabrina; Carvalho, Luiz Max de; Bastos, Leonardo; Arduini, Denise; Villela, Daniel; Armstrong, Margaret
      2016-10
      Objectives: The recent emergence of Zika in Brazil and its association with an increased rate of congenital malformations has raised concerns over its impact on the birth rate in the country. Using data on the incidence ...
    • Zika in Rio de Janeiro: assessment of basic reproduction number and comparison with dengue outbreaks 

      Villela, Daniel; Bastos, L. S.; Carvalho, L. M. de; Cruz, Oswaldo Gonçalves; Gomes, M. F. C.; Durovni, B.; Lemos, Maria Cristina; Saraceni, Valeria; Coelho, Flávio Codeço; Codeço, Claudia Torres
      2017-06
      Zika virus infection was declared a public health emergency of international concern in February 2016 in response to the outbreak in Brazil and its suspected link with congenital anomalies. In this study, we use notification ...