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Volume 22, Number 11—November 2016
Research

Increased Hospitalizations for Neuropathies as Indicators of Zika Virus Infection, according to Health Information System Data, Brazil

Christovam BarcellosComments to Author , Diego Ricardo Xavier, Ana Luiza Pavão, Cristiano Siqueira Boccolini, Maria Fatima Pina, Marcel Pedroso, Dalia Romero, and Anselmo Rocha Romão
Author affiliations: Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (C. Barcellos, D.R. Xavier, A.L. Pavão, C.S. Boccolini, M.F. Pina, M. Pedroso, D. Romero, A.R. Romão); Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde–Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal (M.F. Pina)

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Figure 1

Approximate distribution of areas of local spread of Zika virus in Brazil, 2014 and 2015. Source: adapted from (13). State abbreviations: AC, Acre; AL, Alagoas; AP, Amapá; AM, Amazonas; BA, Bahia; CE, Ceará; GO, Goiás; DF, Distrito Federal; ES, Espírito Santo; MA, Maranhão; MT, Mato Grosso; MS, Mato Grosso do Sul; MG, Minas Gerais’ PA, Pará; PB, Paraíba; PR, Paraná; PE, Pernambuco; PI, Piauí; RJ, Rio de Janeiro; RN, Rio Grande do Norte; RS, Rio Grande do Sul; RO, Rondônia; RR, Roraima; SP, São P

Figure 1. Approximate distribution of areas of local spread of Zika virus in Brazil, 2014 and 2015. Adapted from (13). State abbreviations: AC, Acre; AL, Alagoas; AP, Amapá; AM, Amazonas; BA, Bahia; CE, Ceará; GO, Goiás; DF, Distrito Federal; ES, Espírito Santo; MA, Maranhão; MT, Mato Grosso; MS, Mato Grosso do Sul; MG, Minas Gerais’ PA, Pará; PB, Paraíba; PR, Paraná; PE, Pernambuco; PI, Piauí; RJ, Rio de Janeiro; RN, Rio Grande do Norte; RS, Rio Grande do Sul; RO, Rondônia; RR, Roraima; SP, São Paulo; SC, Santa Catarina; SE, Sergipe; TO, Tocantins.

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