Advising a woman with suspected Zika virus infection

Indian J Med Ethics. 2018 Apr-Jun;3(2):163-164. doi: 10.20529/IJME.2018.033.

Abstract

The Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic is spreading: 67 countries are now reporting transmission, and over 2,000 cases of congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) have been confirmed. The heaviest burden has been borne by those living where poverty, poor infrastructure, and lack of access to health services are common and the penetration of Aedes aegypti is high. Because most cases are asymptomatic, the most dramatic signs of the disease appear through the CZS cases. In spite of the need for disaggregated epidemiological data to understand transmission patterns and evaluate interventions in vulnerable populations, there is no reliable count of ZIKV cases by sex and ethnicity (1).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abortion, Induced / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Animals
  • Counseling / ethics*
  • Criminal Law
  • El Salvador / epidemiology
  • Epidemics
  • Ethics, Medical*
  • Female
  • Government Regulation
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / prevention & control*
  • Moral Obligations
  • Physician-Patient Relations
  • Poverty
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / ethics*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious*
  • Zika Virus
  • Zika Virus Infection / complications*
  • Zika Virus Infection / epidemiology