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

Codeço Coelho, Flávio; Durovni, Betina; Saraceni, Valéria; Lemos, Cristina; Torres Codeço, Cláudia; Camargo, Sabrina; Max Carvalho, Luiz; Soares Bastos, Leonardo; Bastos Arduini, Denise; Antunes Maciel Villela, Daniel; Armstrong, Margaret

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2016.08.023

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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

Published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases • Sep 22, 2016

Authors:

Flávio Codeço Coelho

Betina Durovni

Valéria Saraceni

Abstract

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 of Zika in 2015-2016 and dengue in 2013 and 2015-2016 for the city of Rio de Jan...

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Medicine

Demography

Incidence (geometry)

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