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Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
Print version ISSN 1679-4974On-line version ISSN 2337-9622
Abstract
CABRAL, Cibelle Mendes et al. Clinical-epidemiological description of live births with microcephaly in the state of Sergipe, Brazil, 2015. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2017, vol.26, n.2, pp.245-254. ISSN 1679-4974. http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/s1679-49742017000200002.
OBJECTIVE:
to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of microcephaly cases in live births in Sergipe, Brazil, and to calculate the prevalence in its municipalities.
METHODS:
this is a descriptive study on live births from September 1st to November 30th, 2015, with data from medical records and interviews with mothers.
RESULTS:
83 cases of microcephaly were confirmed, with three deaths; prevalence in the 26 municipalities with confirmed cases ranged from 18 to 185/10,000 live births; the median of head circumference was 31 cm (range: 22.5-33.0); agenesis of corpus callosum (26/43), lissencephaly (12/43), absence of midline (10/43) and ventriculomegaly (8/43) were observed in the transfontanellar ultrasound; 40 mothers reported rash in pregnancy, 23 in the first trimester, with pruritus, arthralgia and headache; seven were positive for infections potentially causing malformations.
CONCLUSION:
there was a high occurrence of cases of microcephaly, and reports of signs and symptoms compatible with Zika virus infection during pregnancy.
Keywords : Microcephaly; Zika Virus; Prevalence; Newborns Infant; Descriptive Epidemiology.
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