Management of infection by the Zika virus

Melissa Barreto Falcao; Sergio Cimerman; Kleber Giovanni Luz; Alberto Chebabo; Helena Andrade Brigido; Iza Maria Lobo; Artur Timerman; Rodrigo Nogueira Angerami; Clovis Arns da Cunha; Helio Arthur Bacha; Jesse Reis Alves; Alexandre Naime Barbosa; Ralcyon Francis Teixeira; Leonardo Weissmann; Priscila Rosalba Oliveira; Marco Antonio Cyrillo; Antonio Carlos Bandeira

doi:10.1186/s12941-016-0172-y

Management of infection by the Zika virus

Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob. 2016 Sep 29;15(1):57. doi: 10.1186/s12941-016-0172-y.

Authors

Melissa Barreto Falcao¹, Sergio Cimerman², Kleber Giovanni Luz³, Alberto Chebabo⁴, Helena Andrade Brigido⁵, Iza Maria Lobo⁶, Artur Timerman⁷, Rodrigo Nogueira Angerami⁸, Clovis Arns da Cunha⁹, Helio Arthur Bacha¹⁰, Jesse Reis Alves², Alexandre Naime Barbosa¹¹, Ralcyon Francis Teixeira², Leonardo Weissmann², Priscila Rosalba Oliveira¹², Marco Antonio Cyrillo¹³, Antonio Carlos Bandeira¹⁴

Affiliations

¹ Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Avenida Transnordestina, s/n, Feira de Santana, BA, CEP 44036-900, Brazil.
² Instituto de Infectologia Emilio Ribas, Avenida Doutor Arnaldo, 165, São Paulo, SP, CEP 01246-000, Brazil.
³ Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Rua Conego Monte, s/n, Natal, RN, CEP 59037-170, Brazil.
⁴ Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Professor Rodolpho Paulo Rocco, 255, 50. andar, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, CEP 21941-913, Brazil.
⁵ Universidade Federal do Para, Rua dos Mundurucus, s/n, Belem, PA, CEP 66060-060, Brazil.
⁶ Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Avenida Claudio Batista, s/n, 3o. andar, Aracaju, SE, CEP 49060-100, Brazil.
⁷ Hospital Professor Edmundo Vasconcelos, Rua Borges Lagoa, 1450, Sao Paulo, SP, CEP 04038-905, Brazil.
⁸ Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Rua Alexander Fleming, 181, Campinas, SP, CEP 13083-970, Brazil.
⁹ Universidade Federal do Parana, Rua General Carneiro, 181, Curitiba, PR, CEP 80060-900, Brazil.
¹⁰ Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Avenida Albert Einstein, 627, Bloco A1, Sala 220, Sao Paulo, SP, CEP 05651-901, Brazil.
¹¹ Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho, Distrito de Rubiao Jr, s/n, Botucatu, SP, CEP 18618-970, Brazil.
¹² Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Doutor Ovidio Pires de Campos, 333, Sao Paulo, SP, CEP 05403-010, Brazil. [email protected].
¹³ Hospital do Servidor Publico Municipal, Rua Castro Alves, 60, São Paulo, SP, CEP 01532-000, Brazil.
¹⁴ Hospital Aliança, R. Juracy Magalhães Júnior, 2096, Salvador, BA, CEP 41920-000, Brazil.

Abstract

A panel of national experts was convened by the Brazilian Infectious Diseases Society in order to organize the national recommendations for the management of zika virus infection. The focus of this document is the diagnosis, both clinical and laboratorial, and appropriate treatment of the diverse manifestations of this infection, ranging from acute mild disease to Guillain-Barré syndrome and also microcephaly and congenital malformations.

Keywords: Diagnosis; Guideline; Therapeutics; Zika virus infection.

Publication types

Review