American Journal of Infectious Diseases 5 (4): 295-300, 2009
ISSN 1553-6203
© 2009 Science Publications

Dengue during Pregnancy: A Study of Thirteen Cases
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Christiane Fernandes Alvarenga, 2Vânia Glória Silami, 3Patrícia Brasil,
Maria Elizabeth Herdy Boechat, 3Janice Coelho and 4Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira
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Health Surveillance Services of the Azevedo Lima Hospital, ZIP Code: 24130-616, Rio de Janeiro, 30,
Teixeira de Freitas Street, Fonseca, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Department of Pathology, Universitary Hospital Antonio Pedro, ZIP Code: 24033-900, Rio de Janeiro,
303, Marquês de Paraná Street, Centro, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Institute of Clinical Research Evandro Chagas/Fiocruz, ZIP Code: 21040-900, …ver más…

J. Infect. Dis., 5 (4): 295-300, 2009 this manuscript, we describe 13 serology confirmed cases of dengue in pregnant women, together with the fetal consequences in the maternity ward of a general tertiary hospital.

infection to delivery was 18.3 days with a SD of
29.7 days (1-85 days).
Among the pregnant women who successfully gave normal (9 month) birth, the average period from symptom onset until birth was 36 days, with a SD of
44,4 (1-85). A different scenario was evident among the pregnant women who evolved to premature birth, where the average was 5.8 days, with a SD of 1.2 (5-8).
In our cases, 1 patient infected in her first trimester of pregnancy and another in the second trimester evolved to premature birth. From the 11 patients, infected during their third trimester, 6 beared prematurely. Five births were via vagina, 7 via Csection and there was 1 spontaneous abortion. The Csections were due to obstetric indication, as a consequence of acute fetal suffering (4) 57%.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
This is a descriptive study from the tertiary hospital
Azevedo Lima maternity ward, in the City of Niterói,
Rio de Janeiro, with a capacity for about 3.000 births/year. Source of data and patients: Dengue/DHF is a disease reported by a surveillance program tem. The review of the Data Base included the cases from January 1st to
December 30th, 2002, for