Publications by authors named "Alify Bertoldo da Silva"
Prevalence and diagnostic accuracy of microcephaly in a pediatric cohort in Brazil: a retrospective cross-sectional study.
Ana Paula Antunes Pascalicchio Bertozzi Rosa Estela Gazeta Thamirys Cosmo Gillo Fajardo Antonio Fernandes Moron Antoni Soriano-Arandes Alify Bertoldo da Silva
J Pediatr (Rio J)
August 2021
Objective: We sought to describe the prevalence of microcephaly and to compare the different cutoff points established by the Brazilian Ministry of Health at various times during a Zika virus epidemic. As a secondary aim, we investigated the possible etiology of the microcephaly.
Method: This retrospective study utilized newborn participants in the Zika Cohort Study Jundiaí.
Detection of Zika virus in paired urine and amniotic fluid samples from symptomatic and asymptomatic women and their babies during a disease outbreak: association with neurological symptoms in newborns.
Danila Vedovello Steven S Witkin Andrea Cristina Botelho Silva Thamirys Cosmo Gillo Fajardo Alexandra Siqueira Mello Alify Bertoldo da Silva
J Neurovirol
February 2020
Article Synopsis
- A study analyzed urine and amniotic fluid from 138 subjects during a Zika virus outbreak to assess the presence of the virus and its correlation with clinical symptoms and neurological issues in newborns.
- Zika virus was found in a small percentage of symptomatic (11.1%) and asymptomatic (14.7%) women, with neurological problems observed in 13.7% of babies, particularly in those who tested positive for ZIKV.
- The research concluded that clinical symptoms and ZIKV detection in maternal and newborn fluids are not reliable indicators of infection or neurological outcomes in infants during such outbreaks.