ZIKA Virus infection in pregnant women in French Guiana: More precarious-more at risk.

Edouard HalletClaude FlamandDominique RoussetTimothée BonifayCamille FritzellSéverine MatheusMaryvonne DueymesBalthazar NtabMathieu Nacher

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2020)

These results illustrate that in French Guiana ZIKV transmission disproportionately affected the socially vulnerable pregnant women, presumably because of poorer housing conditions, and lack of vector control measures in poor neighborhoods.

Keyphrases

pregnant women

zika virus

pregnancy outcomes

mental illness