Reduction of the birth rate in São Paulo: a probable effect of the panic caused by the Zika-associated microcephaly epidemic

Ann Epidemiol. 2017 Sep;27(9):616-617. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2017.08.009. Epub 2017 Aug 12.

Authors

Fredi Alexander Diaz-Quijano¹, Alexandre Dias Porto Chiavegatto Filho²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: frediazq@msn.com.
² Department of Epidemiology, Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

PMID: 28869076
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2017.08.009

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Birth Rate / ethnology
Birth Rate / trends*
Brazil / epidemiology
Epidemics*
Female
Humans
Microcephaly / epidemiology*
Microcephaly / etiology
Microcephaly / virology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology
Zika Virus
Zika Virus Infection / complications
Zika Virus Infection / epidemiology*