Underreporting of Fatal Congenital Zika Syndrome, Mexico, 2016-2017

To determine completeness of fatal congenital Zika syndrome reporting in Mexico, we examined data from the Mexican National Institute of Statistics and Geography. We found that an estimated 50% more infants died from microcephaly attributable to congenital Zika syndrome during 2016-2017 than were re...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2019-08, Vol.25 (8), p.1560-1562
Main Authors: Cardenas, Victor M, Paternina-Caicedo, Angel Jose, Salvatierra, Ernesto Benito
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Childhood
Children
congenital Zika syndrome
Death
Disease Notification - statistics & numerical data
Dispatch
Female
Genetic disorders
History, 21st Century
Humans
Infant
Infant Mortality
Infants
Mexico - epidemiology
microcephaly
Microcephaly - epidemiology
Microcephaly - etiology
Newborn infants
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - virology
Pregnant women
public health surveillance
Stillbirth
Underreporting of Fatal Congenital Zika Syndrome, Mexico, 2016–2017
Zika Virus
Zika virus infection
Zika Virus Infection - diagnosis
Zika Virus Infection - epidemiology
Zika Virus Infection - history
Zika Virus Infection - virology
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Summary:To determine completeness of fatal congenital Zika syndrome reporting in Mexico, we examined data from the Mexican National Institute of Statistics and Geography. We found that an estimated 50% more infants died from microcephaly attributable to congenital Zika syndrome during 2016-2017 than were reported by the existing surveillance system.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2508.190106