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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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Hospitalizations in the Northeast region of Brazil, indicated by codes from the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, January 2008 through February 2016. A) Congenital malformations of the nervous system (ICD-10; Q00-Q07) per 100,000 live births; B) Guillain-Barré syndrome (ICD-10; G610) per 100,000 residents; and C) encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis (ICD-10; G040-G049) per 100,000 Northeast region residents, compared with hospitalizations for these conditions in th

Figure 2. Hospitalizations in the Northeast region of Brazil, indicated by codes from the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, January 2008 through February 2016. A) Congenital malformations of the nervous system (ICD-10; Q00-Q07) per 100,000 live births; B) Guillain-Barré syndrome (ICD-10; G610) per 100,000 residents; and C) encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis (ICD-10; G040-G049) per 100,000 Northeast region residents, compared with hospitalizations for these conditions in the rest of the country. Source: Hospital Information System (SIH); www.datasus.gov.br.

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