Dengue, chikungunya and zika arbovirus infections in Caribbean children

CDC Christie, AM Lue… - Current opinion in …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Dengue, chikungunya and zika arbovirus infections in Caribbe... : Current Opinion in Pediatrics
Dengue, chikungunya and zika arbovirus infections in Caribbean children : Current Opinion in …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus infection as a cause of congenital brain abnormalities and Guillain-Barré syndrome: A living systematic review

MJ Counotte, KW Meili, K Taghavi, G Calvet… - …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The Zika virus (ZIKV) caused a large outbreak in the Americas leading to the
declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in February 2016. A …

Severity and outcomes of Dengue in hospitalized Jamaican children in 2018–2019 during an epidemic surge in the Americas

AM Lue, MAEH Richards-Dawson… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective In 2019, dengue was among the “top-ten threats to global health,” with 3.1 million
cases reported from the Americas, the highest ever. Simultaneously, Jamaica reported its …

Screening of insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti populations collected from parishes in Eastern Jamaica

S Francis, T Campbell, S McKenzie… - PLoS Neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Owing to the increased reports in Aedes-borne diseases in the Caribbean and Latin
America, the United States Agency for International Development assisted the Jamaican …

Role of prenatal ultrasonography and amniocentesis in the diagnosis of congenital Zika syndrome: a systematic review

LJ Viens, S Fleck-Derderian… - Obstetrics & …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between prenatal diagnostics (ultrasound
examination and amniotic fluid Zika virus testing) and postnatal congenital Zika syndrome …

Fetuses and infants with Amyoplasia congenita in congenital Zika syndrome: The evidence of a viral cause. A narrative review of 144 cases

G Hageman, J Nihom - European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Amyoplasia congenita is the most frequent type of arthrogryposis causing fetal
hypokinesia, leading to congenital contractures at birth. The pathogenesis is thought to be …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of potential arbovirus infections and pregnancy complications in pregnant women in Jamaica using a smartphone app (ZIKApp): pilot evaluation …

E Ruiz-Burga, P Bruijning-Verhagen… - JMIR formative …, 2022 - formative.jmir.org
Background There is growing evidence of the benefits of mobile health technology, which
include symptom tracking apps for research, surveillance, and prevention. No study has yet …

Coronavirus and CARICOM: The benefit of a regional university in a coherent pandemic response

RC Landis - COVID in the Islands: A comparative perspective on the …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The University of the West Indies serves seventeen CARICOM states and territories.
Linkages between CARICOM and UWI proved useful, with UWI providing pandemic …

Health outcomes of children born/suspected with Zikv: protocol for the Zikaction Paediatric Registry in Latin America and the Caribbean

E Ruiz-Burga, IC de Siqueira, R Melbourne-Chambers… - 2021 - researchsquare.com
Background: Although the number of Zika virus (ZIKV) cases has substantially declined in
Latin America and the Caribbean since the 2015-2016 outbreaks, the cohort of children born …

The ZIKApp for detection of potential arbovirus infections and pregnancy complications in pregnant women in Jamaica: a pilot study

E Ruiz-Burga, P Bruijning-Verhagen… - JMIR Formative …, 2022 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Background: Evidence of the benefits of mHealth technology including symptom tracking
Apps for research, surveillance and prevention is growing, including for arboviruses and for …