Zika: an ongoing threat to women and infants

• Main Authors: Beatriz Macedo Coimbra dos Santos (Author), Flavio Codeço Coelho (Author), Margaret Armstrong (Author), Valeria Saraceni (Author), Cristina Lemos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Recent data from the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, shows a sharp drop in the number of reported occurrences of Zika during the summer of 2016/2017, compared to the previous summer. There is still a much higher incidence among women than men, almost certainly due to sexual transmission. An...