The latest Brazil MOH report on microcephaly was released 09-MAR-2016 – Report #16 which extends the data to 05-MAR-2016; epidemiological week #9.[1] The following is a summary of info after translation via Google.
- There have been 6,158 (+249 since last week) reported suspected diagnoses of microcephaly since unspecified in 2015
- 4,231 (+9) remain under investigation
- 1,927 (+240; 46% of thse under investigation) cases have been investigated and classified
- 745 (+104; 39% of those investigated, 12% of all reported) have been confirmed
- 88 (+6; 12% of confirmed microcephaly cases; 1% of suspected cases) have been laboratory confirmed as Zika virus infections (PCR or serology but no specifics on which or whether mum/foetus/infant/samples etc)
- 1,182 (+136; 61% of those investigated, 19% of all reported) have been discarded
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| Notified and confirmed microcephaly diagnoses by municipality, Brazil.[1] |
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| Population density in Brazil by State, 2014. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Brazilian_states_by_population_density |
My thanks to Jorge Pontual for the early alert to the release of these MOH reports.
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