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  • Sexual transmission causes a marked increase in the incidence of Zika in women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


    Hattip Shiloh & CIDRAP

    Sexual transmission causes a marked increase in the incidence of Zika in women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

    View ORCID ProfileFl?vio Code?o Coelho, Betina Durovni, View ORCID ProfileValeria Saraceni, Cristina Lemos, Claudia TorresCode?o, Sabrina Camargo, Luiz Max Carvalho, Leonardo Bastos, Denise Arduini, Daniel Villela,Margaret Armstrong
    doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/055459 This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed [what does this mean?].










    Abstract

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    Using data on the incidence of Zika in 2015-2016 and dengue in 2013 and 2015-16 for the city of Rio de Janeiro (pop: 6.4 million), we document a massive increase of Zika in women compared to men. ...Summing up, women in the sexually active age bracket are far more likely to get Zika than men (+90% increase); sexual transmission is the most probable cause...

    http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/05/26/055459















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