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Ultrasound-guided minimally invasive autopsy as a tool for rapid post-mortem diagnosis in the 2018 Sao Paulo yellow fever epidemic: Correlation with conventional autopsy.

Amaro Nunes Duarte-NetoRenata Aparecida de Almeida MonteiroJanaina JohnssonMarielton Dos Passos CunhaShahab Zaki PourAmanda Cartagenes SaraivaYeh-Li HoLuiz Fernando Ferraz da SilvaThais MauadPaolo Marinho de Andrade ZanottoPaulo Hilário Nascimento SaldivaIlka Regina Souza de OliveiraMarisa Dolhnikoff
Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2019)
MIA-US is a reliable tool for rapid post-mortem diagnosis of yellow fever and can be used as an alternative to conventional autopsy in regions at risk for hemorrhagic fever outbreaks with limited resources to perform complete diagnostic autopsy.
Keyphrases
  • minimally invasive
  • ultrasound guided
  • loop mediated isothermal amplification