Screening for Zika virus infection in 1057 potentially exposed pregnant women, Catalonia (northeastern Spain)

Elena Sulleiro; Ariadna Rando; Izaskun Alejo; Anna Suy; Anna Gonce; Carlota Rodó; Nuria Torner; Azucena Bardají; Victoria Fumadó; Antoni Soriano-Arandes; Jose Muñoz; Ana Martínez; Mireia Jané; Elena Marbán-Castro; M Paz Sanchez-Seco; Ana Vazquez; Fernando de Ory; Tomás Pumarola; Miguel J Martínez

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2019.03.006

Screening for Zika virus infection in 1057 potentially exposed pregnant women, Catalonia (northeastern Spain)

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2019 May-Jun:29:69-71. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2019.03.006. Epub 2019 Mar 15.

Authors

Elena Sulleiro¹, Ariadna Rando¹, Izaskun Alejo², Anna Suy³, Anna Gonce⁴, Carlota Rodó⁵, Nuria Torner⁶, Azucena Bardají⁷, Victoria Fumadó⁸, Antoni Soriano-Arandes⁹, Jose Muñoz¹⁰, Ana Martínez¹¹, Mireia Jané¹¹, Elena Marbán-Castro¹², M Paz Sanchez-Seco¹³, Ana Vazquez¹⁴, Fernando de Ory¹⁴, Tomás Pumarola¹⁵, Miguel J Martínez¹⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, PROSICS Barcelona, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain.
² Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.
³ Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit, Department. of Obstetrics, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, BCNatal - Barcelona Center of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, Hospital Clínic and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
⁶ Public Health Agency of Catalonia, Generalitat of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain; Departament de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain.
⁷ ISGlobal, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
⁸ Unitat de Malalties Infeccioses i Importades, Servei de Pediatría, Infectious and Imported Diseases, Pediatric Unit, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Deú, Barcelona, Spain.
⁹ Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiencies Unit. Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
¹⁰ ISGlobal, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; International Health Department, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
¹¹ Public Health Agency of Catalonia, Generalitat of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain.
¹² Departament de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
¹³ National Center of Microbiology, Majadahonda, Spain.
¹⁴ CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain; National Center of Microbiology, Majadahonda, Spain.
¹⁵ Department of Microbiology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital. PROSICS Barcelona, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona. Spain.
¹⁶ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain; ISGlobal, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: myoldi@clinic.ub.es.

PMID: 30885699
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2019.03.006

No abstract available

Keywords: Congenital syndrome; Microcephaly; Pregnant women; Serological screening; Zika virus.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Abortion, Spontaneous / virology
Adolescent
Adult
Female
Humans
Microcephaly / virology
Middle Aged
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology
Pregnancy*
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Spain / epidemiology
Travel
Zika Virus / immunology
Zika Virus / isolation & purification*
Zika Virus Infection / diagnosis*
Zika Virus Infection / epidemiology