Publications by authors named "Rhaquel Oliveira"
Neurological growth and development of children asymptomatic at birth whose mothers had Zika during pregnancy.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop
February 2021
Introduction: Newborn who had Zika vírus but did not show microcephaly at birth may have neuropsychomotor development problems. We aimed to evaluate the developmental and anthropometric milestones of asymptomatic children whose mothers had Zika during pregnancy in Northeastern Brazil in 2015 and 2016.
Methods: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional case series study of children in Fortaleza born without microcephaly whose mothers had Zika during pregnancy.
Seroprevalence, spatial dispersion and factors associated with flavivirus and chikungunha infection in a risk area: a population-based seroprevalence study in Brazil.
BMC Infect Dis
November 2020
Background: The State of Ceará, in Northeastern Brazil, suffers from a triple burden of arboviruses (dengue, Zika and chikungunya). We measured the seroprevalence of chikungunya, dengue and Zika and its associated factors in the population of Juazeiro do Norte, Southern Ceará State, Brazil.
Methods: A cross-sectional study of analytical and spatial analysis was performed to estimate the seroprevalence of dengue, Zika and chikungunya, in the year 2018.
Experience of the Arbovirus Death Investigation Committee in Ceará, Brazil, in 2017: advances and challenges.
Epidemiol Serv Saude
July 2020
Objective: to describe the experience and preliminary results of the Arbovirus Death Investigation Committee in Ceará, Brazil, in 2017.
Methods: the Committee investigates and discusses all suspected cases of arbovirus deaths reported by the epidemiological surveillance service.
Results: a total of 443 suspected arbovirus deaths were reported, 220 (49.
Introduction: Chikungunya causes fever and severe and persistent joint pain.
Methods: We reported a chikungunya outbreak that occurred in Ceará State, Brazil between 2016 and 2017 with emphasis on epidemiological characterization of cases, high number of deaths, mortality-associated factors, and spatial and temporal spread of the epidemic among municipalities.
Results: In November 2015, the first autochthonous cases of chikungunya were confirmed in Ceará, Brazil.
Background: Chikungunya virus infection in neonates is relatively rare and can lead to death.
Case Presentation: We report the occurrence of the first death of a mother and child after probable vertical transmission of chikungunya virus in Brazil. A 28-year-old pregnant woman with hypertension presented with symptoms compatible with an arboviral disease at 34 weeks' gestation.
Background: Chikungunya (CHIK) is a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes. The first cases in Brazil were confirmed in 2014. Between 2016 and 2017, over 300,000 cases were identified during this period, with nearly 300 deaths.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: to characterize the entomological and epidemiological aspects of dengue epidemics occurred in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, from 2001 to 2012.
Methods: descriptive study with data from the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (Sinan), Information System of Hospitalizations due to Yellow Fever and Dengue (2001-2009), National Program for Dengue Control (2010-2012), and Rapid Survey of Aedes aegypti Infestation Index, referring to the years in which the incidence of dengue was above 75%.
Results: from 2001 to 2012, 194,446 cases of suspected dengue were notified; the epidemic years were 2001, 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2012; there was a progressive increase in the incidence of the disease (587.
Introduction: We report the behavioral changes in use of oviposition sites in Aedes aegypti in Fortaleza, Brazil.
Methods: We evaluated the relationship between different types of breeding sites and changes in use from 2001 to 2012.
Results: More than 40% of the infested breeding sites were used to store water.