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First report of autochthonous transmission of Zika virus in Brazil

Overview of attention for article published in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, June 2015
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Title
First report of autochthonous transmission of Zika virus in Brazil
Published in
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, June 2015
DOI 10.1590/0074-02760150192
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Authors

Camila Zanluca, Vanessa Campos Andrade de Melo, Ana Luiza Pamplona Mosimann, Glauco Igor Viana Dos Santos, Claudia Nunes Duarte Dos Santos, Kleber Luz

Abstract

In the early 2015, several cases of patients presenting symptoms of mild fever, rash, conjunctivitis and arthralgia were reported in the northeastern Brazil. Although all patients lived in a dengue endemic area, molecular and serological diagnosis for dengue resulted negative. Chikungunya virus infection was also discarded. Subsequently, Zika virus (ZIKV) was detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction from the sera of eight patients and the result was confirmed by DNA sequencing. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that the ZIKV identified belongs to the Asian clade. This is the first report of ZIKV infection in Brazil.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 26 2%
United States 5 <1%
Netherlands 2 <1%
Colombia 2 <1%
Canada 2 <1%
United Kingdom 2 <1%
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 <1%
Indonesia 1 <1%
Costa Rica 1 <1%
Other 6 <1%
Unknown 1613 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 301 18%
Student > Bachelor 289 17%
Researcher 188 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 171 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 113 7%
Other 304 18%
Unknown 295 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 330 20%
Medicine and Dentistry 324 20%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 241 15%
Immunology and Microbiology 121 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 65 4%
Other 242 15%
Unknown 338 20%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 186. 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 02 May 2023.
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#227,256
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Outputs from Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
#5
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#2,208
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Outputs of similar age from Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
#1
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