How does the ZIKA infection is higher among black women?

  • Maria Ivanir Araújo Neves Torres Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Cariri – UFCA, Barbalha, Ceará, Brazil
  • Allana Maria Garcia Sampaio Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Cariri – UFCA, Barbalha, Ceará, Brazil
  • Álvaro Costa Marques Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Cariri – UFCA, Barbalha, Ceará, Brazil
  • José Damásio Soares Costa Filho Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Cariri – UFCA, Barbalha, Ceará, Brazil
  • Lenina Alves Teixeira Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Cariri – UFCA, Barbalha, Ceará, Brazil
  • Ysla Sara Teixeira Silva Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Cariri – UFCA, Barbalha, Ceará, Brazil
  • Modesto Leite Rolim Neto Universidade Federal do Cariri
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3823/2597

Abstract

Introduction: ZIKA is a single-stranded RNA, from the Flaviviridae family. The infection of this virus became extremely visible during its epidemic in 2015 at South America, after the outbreak many speculations that includes newborns with central nervous system malformations and neurological disorders.


Objective: determine the epidemiological profile of the Brazilian female population afflicted with Zika virus, by means of database research of 2017.


Results: the higher incidence shows the social inequality of those affected by arboviruses: young, poor, black and brown women, the majority of population in the Northeast and North of Brazil.


Conclusion: Brazilian epidemiology of Zika virus and Congenital Zika Virus is concentrated in the black and poor female population due to the historical and cultural Brazilian history of colonization, as it is concentrated in the same region where the Aedes mosquito has an easy procreation due to a wet and hot summer leading to propagation of arboviruses.

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Published
2019-12-29
How to Cite
TORRES, Maria Ivanir Araújo Neves et al. How does the ZIKA infection is higher among black women?. International Archives of Medicine, [S.l.], v. 12, dec. 2019. ISSN 1755-7682. Available at: <http://imedicalpublisher.com/ojs/index.php/iam/article/view/2857>. Date accessed: 01 june 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.3823/2597.
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