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Teratogens: a public health issue – a Brazilian overview

Overview of attention for article published in Genetics and Molecular Biology, May 2017
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Title
Teratogens: a public health issue – a Brazilian overview
Published in
Genetics and Molecular Biology, May 2017
DOI 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2016-0179
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Authors

Thiago Mazzu-Nascimento, Débora Gusmão Melo, Giorgio Gianini Morbioli, Emanuel Carrilho, Fernanda Sales Luiz Vianna, André Anjos da Silva, Lavinia Schuler-Faccini

Abstract

Congenital anomalies are already the second cause of infant mortality in Brazil, as in many other middle-income countries in Latin America. Birth defects are a result of both genetic and environmental factors, but a multifactorial etiology has been more frequently observed. Here, we address the environmental causes of birth defects - or teratogens - as a public health issue and present their mechanisms of action, categories and their respective maternal-fetal deleterious effects. We also present a survey from 2008 to 2013 of Brazilian cases involving congenital anomalies (annual average of 20,205), fetal deaths (annual average of 1,530), infant hospitalizations (annual average of 82,452), number of deaths of hospitalized infants (annual average of 2,175), and the average cost of hospitalizations (annual cost of $7,758). Moreover, we report on Brazilian cases of teratogenesis due to the recent Zika virus infection, and to the use of misoprostol, thalidomide, alcohol and illicit drugs. Special attention has been given to the Zika virus infection, now proven to be responsible for the microcephaly outbreak in Brazil, with 8,039 cases under investigation (from October 2015 to June 2016). From those cases, 1,616 were confirmed and 324 deaths occurred due to microcephaly complications or alterations on the central nervous system. Congenital anomalies impact life quality and raise costs in specialized care, justifying the classification of teratogens as a public health issue.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 174 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 37 21%
Student > Master 29 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 7%
Other 9 5%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 5%
Other 26 15%
Unknown 52 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 39 22%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 13 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 8 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 8 5%
Other 29 17%
Unknown 65 37%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 March 2023.
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#5,341,501
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