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Volume 25, Number 8—August 2019
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Zika Virus Infection in Pregnant Women, Yucatan, Mexico

Yamila RomerComments to Author , Nina Valadez-Gonzalez, Silvina Contreras-Capetillo, Pablo Manrique-Saide, Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, and Norma Pavia-Ruz
Author affiliations: Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (Y. Romer, G. Vazquez-Prokopec); Universidad Autónoma de Yucatan, Yucatan, Mexico (N. Valadez-Gonzalez, S. Contreras-Capetillo, P. Manrique-Saide, N. Pavia-Ruz)

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Table 3

PCR results for Zika virus infection of clinical samples from pregnant women who showed development of infection during follow-up*

Variable No. (%)
p value† Odds ratio
Zika virus–positive, n = 36 Zika virus–negative, n = 79 Total, n = 115
Age group, y
15–19 7 (19) 19 (24) 26 (23) 0.639 0.76
20–29 20 (56) 42 (53) 62 (54) 0.843 1.1
30–49
9 (25)
18 (23)
27 (23)
0.815
1.13
Socioeconomic level‡
1 4 (11) 3 (4) 7 (6) 0.12 3
2 13 (36) 42 (53) 55 (48) 0.09 0.4
3 13 (36) 24 (30) 37 (32) 0.54 1.2
4
6 (17)
10 (13)
16 (14)
0.56
1.3
Urban residency
33 (92)
70 (90)
103 (90)
0.78
1.25
Contacts tested positive
Family members 3 (12) 3 (5) 0.3 2.7
Partner
0
2 (3)

1
1.4
Working outside home
18 (50)
19 (24)
37 (32)
0.007
3.15
GW at admission to cohort, trimester
5–13, first 8 (22) 22 (28) 30 (26) NA NA
14–27, second 23 (64) 39 (49) 62 (53) NA NA
28–40, third
5 (14)
18 (23)
23 (20)
NA
NA
LMD/EW#
1–12 5 (15) 22 (33) 27 (27) 0.093 0.373
13–28 15 (45) 15 (22) 30 (30) 0.021 2.9
29–40 11 (33) 11 (16) 22 (22) 0.07 2.6
41–52 2 (6) 19 (28) 21 (21) 0.017 0.166
13–40/12–41
NA
NA
NA
<0.0001
5.86
Symptomatic 23 (64) 10 (13) 33 (28) <0.0001 12.2
Exanthema 23 (100) 10 (100) 33 (100) <0.0001 12.2
Conjunctival hyperemia 17 (73) 3 (30) 20 (60) <0.0001 22.6
Arthralgia 15 (65) 3 (30) 18 (55) <0.0001 18.1
Pruritus 11 (48) 0 11 (33) <0.0001 NA
Headache 9 (39) 2 (20) 11 (33) <0.0001 12.8
Retro-orbital pain 9 (39) 0 9 (27) <0.0001 NA
Joint edema 7 (30) 1 (10) 8 (24) 0.001 18.8
Myalgia 6 (26) 1 (10) 7 (21) 0.004 15.6
Fever 4 (17) 1 (10) 5 (15) 0.033 9.7
Diarrhea 3 (13) 0 3 (9) 0.029 NA
Odynophagia 2 (9) 0 2 (6) 0.096 NA
Cough 2 (9) 0 2 (6) 0.096 NA
Congested 2 (9) 0 2 (6) 0.096 NA
Nausea 2 (9) 1 (10) 3 (9) 0.230 4.5
Vomiting 1 (4) 0 1 (3) 0.313 NA
Petechia 1 (4) 0 1 (3) 0.313 NA
Gingival bleeding 1 (4) 0 1 (3) 0.313 NA

*Initial samples for all patients showed negative results. EW, epidemiologic week; GW, gestational week; LMD, last menstruation date; NA, not applicable; T, trimester.
†By Fisher exact test.
‡1, income insufficient to cover basic needs; 2, income just covers basic needs; 3, income for basic needs is met and includes certain recreational activities; 4, income is sufficient for recreational activities and luxuries.
§90 studied cases.
¶87 studied cases.
#>100 patients with LMD data.

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