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0038/2022 - Epistemological disputes in the causal link between Zika virus and congenital syndrome: a controversy analysis
Disputas epistemológicas na associação causal entre Zika vírus e síndrome congênita: uma análise de controvérsia

Author:

• Monique Batista de Oliveira - Oliveira, M. B. - <moniqueboliveira@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7642-0971

Co-author(s):

• Marco Akerman - Akerman, M. - <marcoakerman@usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-8000


Abstract:

An increase in child malformations in 2015 in Brazil is associated with a Zika virus spread months earlier, leaving disputes that still echoes. Using elementsa sociology field dedicated to scientific controversies mapping, we have conducted 15 semi-structured interviews with researchers and administrators involved in the causal association. It was investigated how actorsdifferent areas observe the role of social conditions in the outcome of the Congenital Zika Syndrome (SCZ) and the paths taken to mitigate them after the epidemic. We observed concern with social variables and their relevance in the SCZ outcome, with a widespread disappointment about the referral of these issues after the case’s peak; however, these factors have not entered the central narrative about causality. There are epistemic disputes about this outcome. Some attach responsibility to the public power or resign themselves to the result; others demand more active positionsresearchers who had access to the decision-making process, with disagreements about the positioning of science. The article points out the need for reflexive sciences that dialogues with its agency on the phenomena, as well as to interdisciplinary and multicausal articulations for public narratives of public health crises in Brazil.

Keywords:

Epidemics; Zika Virus; Public Health; Dissent And Disputes; Sociology

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Oliveira, M. B., Akerman, M.. Epistemological disputes in the causal link between Zika virus and congenital syndrome: a controversy analysis. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2022/Mar). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/epistemological-disputes-in-the-causal-link-between-zika-virus-and-congenital-syndrome-a-controversy-analysis/18294?id=18294



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