Microcephaly epidemic related to the Zika virus and living conditions in Recife, Northeast Brazil

• Main Authors: Wayner Vieira de Souza (Author), Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque (Author), Enrique Vazquez (Author), Luciana Caroline Albuquerque Bezerra (Author), Antonio da Cruz Gouveia Mendes (Author), Tereza Maciel Lyra (Author), Thalia Velho Barreto de Araujo (Author), André Luiz Sá de Oliveira (Author), Maria Cynthia Braga (Author), Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes (Author), Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho (Author), Amanda Priscila de Santana Cabral Silva (Author), Laura Rodrigues (Author), Celina Maria Turchi Martelli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Starting in August 2015, there was an increase in the number of cases of neonatal microcephaly in Northeast Brazil. These findings were identified as being an epidemic of microcephaly related to Zika virus (ZIKV) infection. The present study aims to analyse the spatial distributi...