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Review
. 2016 Sep 29;15(1):57.
doi: 10.1186/s12941-016-0172-y.

Management of infection by the Zika virus

Melissa Barreto Falcao  1 , Sergio Cimerman  2 , Kleber Giovanni Luz  3 , Alberto Chebabo  4 , Helena Andrade Brigido  5 , Iza Maria Lobo  6 , Artur Timerman  7 , Rodrigo Nogueira Angerami  8 , Clovis Arns da Cunha  9 , Helio Arthur Bacha  10 , Jesse Reis Alves  2 , Alexandre Naime Barbosa  11 , Ralcyon Francis Teixeira  2 , Leonardo Weissmann  2 , Priscila Rosalba Oliveira  12 , Marco Antonio Cyrillo  13 , Antonio Carlos Bandeira  14
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Review

Management of infection by the Zika virus

Melissa Barreto Falcao et al. Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob. .

Abstract

A panel of national experts was convened by the Brazilian Infectious Diseases Society in order to organize the national recommendations for the management of zika virus infection. The focus of this document is the diagnosis, both clinical and laboratorial, and appropriate treatment of the diverse manifestations of this infection, ranging from acute mild disease to Guillain-Barré syndrome and also microcephaly and congenital malformations.

Keywords: Diagnosis; Guideline; Therapeutics; Zika virus infection.

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Summary of the recommendations for specifically diagnosing Zika
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Summary of the recommendations for specifically diagnosing Zika in pregnant women
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Diagnostic algorithm for different arboviral diseases in pregnant women
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Summary of the recommendations for specifically diagnosing Zika among newborns
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