• Emerging Infect. Dis. · Aug 2019

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    Underreporting of Fatal Congenital Zika Syndrome, Mexico, 2016-2017.

    • Victor M Cardenas, Angel Jose Paternina-Caicedo, and Ernesto Benito Salvatierra.
    • Emerging Infect. Dis. 2019 Aug 1; 25 (8): 1560-1562.

    AbstractTo determine completeness of fatal congenital Zika syndrome reporting in Mexico, we examined data from the Mexican National Institute of Statistics and Geography. We found that an estimated 50% more infants died from microcephaly attributable to congenital Zika syndrome during 2016-2017 than were reported by the existing surveillance system.

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