The latest Brazil MOH report on
microcephaly was released earlier in the week – Report #14.
The following is a summary of info
after translation via Google.
·
There have been 5,640
reported suspected diagnoses of microcephaly sometime unspecified in 2015
o 4,107 remain under
investigation
o 1,533 cases have been investigated
and classified
- 583 (38% of those investigated, 10% of all reported) have been confirmed
- 67 (11% of confirmed microcephaly cases; 1% of suspected cases) have been laboratory confirmed as Zika virus infections (no detail provided on method or whether mum/foetus/infant/samples etc.
- 950 (62% of those investigated, 17% of all reported) have been discarded
· The MOH notes that
if a diagnosis of microcephaly was confirmed, then the mother is to be considered
ZIKV positive whether laboratory data are available/provided or not
References…
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