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Another piece of the Zika puzzle: assessing the associated factors to microcephaly in a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Although it is known that Zika virus (ZIKV) infection during pregnancy may lead to microcephaly in the fetus, the prognostic factors associated with this tragic disorder remain unclear.
Luciana Guerra Gallo, Jorge Martinez-Cajas, Henry Maia Peixoto, Ana Carolina Esteves da Silva Pereira, Jillian E. Carter, Sandra McKeown, Bruno Schaub, Camila V. Ventura, Giovanny Vinícius Araújo de França, Léo Pomar, Liana O. Ventura, Vivek R. Nerurkar, Wildo Navegantes de Araújo, Maria P. Velez   +13 more
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The Impact of the Zika Epidemic on Women’s Reproductive Intentions and Behaviors in Brazil [PDF]

, 2017
This research brief reports on a focus group study that explores how and why the Zika virus affects reproductive processes in Brazil. The authors found that both reproductive intentions and behaviors changed as a result of the Zika epidemic among women ...
Alves, Sandra Valongueiro, Coutinho, Raquel Zanatta, Marteleto, Leticia J., Weitzman, Abigail   +3 more
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Human Inborn Errors of Immunity: 2019 Update of the IUIS Phenotypical Classification. [PDF]

, 2020
Since 2013, the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) expert committee (EC) on Inborn Errors of Immunity (IEI) has published an updated phenotypic classification of IEI, which accompanies and complements their genotypic classification ...
Ailal, Fatima, Al-Herz, Waleed, Bousfiha, Aziz, Casanova, Jean-Laurent, Chatila, Talal, Cunningham-Rundles, Charlotte, Etzioni, Amos, Franco, Jose Luis, Holland, Steven M, Jeddane, Leila, Klein, Christoph, Morio, Tomohiro, Ochs, Hans D, Oksenhendler, Eric, Picard, Capucine, Puck, Jennifer, Sullivan, Kathleen E, Tangye, Stuart G, Torgerson, Troy R   +18 more
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Zika virus: New clinical syndromes and its emergence in the western hemisphere [PDF]

, 2016
Zika virus (ZIKV) had remained a relatively obscure flavivirus until a recent series of outbreaks accompanied by unexpectedly severe clinical complications brought this virus into the spotlight as causing an infection of global public health concern.
Brazilian Medical Genetics Society–Zika Embryopathy Task Force, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Collaborative Cross Consortium, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Helen M. Lazear, Michael S. Diamond, T. C. Pierson   +9 more
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Microcephaly Resulting From Congenital Toxoplasmosis: What the Radiologist can Expect to See? A Case Report

Radiology Case Reports
Microcephaly is defined as an occipitofrontal head circumference two standard deviations (2SD) below average for age and sex, with severe microcephaly below three standard deviations (3SD).
Marrakchi Salma, MD, El Graini Soumia, MD, Hadj Hsain Ihssan, MD, Allali Nazik, phD, Chat Latifa, phD, El Haddad Siham, phD   +5 more
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DNA repair: Disorders [PDF]

, 2010
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Bose, Burg, Caldecott, Chu, Digweed, Fernandez-Capetillo, Fousteri, Fousteri, Friedberg, Gudmundsdottir, Hashimoto, Hoeijmakers, Jiricny, Kraemer, Lavin, Lehmann, Lieber, Ma, Masutani, McCulloch, Meindl, Moldovan, Moshous, Nance, Nouspikel, O'Driscoll, O'Driscoll, O'Driscoll, O'Driscoll, Rass, Stefanini, Stewart, Stracker, Taylor, Vaz, Wu, Zlatanou   +36 more
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Zika Virus RNA Replication and Persistence in Brain and Placental Tissue

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
Zika virus is causally linked with congenital microcephaly and may be associated with pregnancy loss. However, the mechanisms of Zika virus intrauterine transmission and replication and its tropism and persistence in tissues are poorly understood.
Julu Bhatnagar, Demi B. Rabeneck, Roosecelis B. Martines, Sarah Reagan-Steiner, Yokabed Ermias, Lindsey B.C. Estetter, Tadaki Suzuki, Jana M. Ritter, M. Kelly Keating, Gillian Hale, Joy Gary, Atis Muehlenbachs, Amy J. Lambert, Robert Lanciotti, Titilope Oduyebo, Dana Meaney-Delman, Fernando Bolaños, Edgar Alberto Parra Saad, Wun-Ju Shieh, Sherif Zaki   +19 more
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Zika virus infection reprograms global transcription of host cells to allow sustained infection. [PDF]

, 2017
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging virus causally linked to neurological disorders, including congenital microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome. There are currently no targeted therapies for ZIKV infection.
Bansal, Vikas, Dang, Jason, Lichinchi, Gianluigi, Qin, Yue, Rana, Tariq M, Tiwari, Shashi Kant   +5 more
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Zika virus infection in the returning traveller: what every neurologist should know [PDF]

, 2018
Zika virus has been associated with a wide range of neurological complications. Neurologists in areas without current active transmission of the virus may be confronted with Zika-associated neurological disease, as a large number of returning travellers ...
Brito Ferreira, Maria Lucia, Jacobs, Bart C., Lant, Suzannah, Leonhard, Sonja Emily, Solomon, Tom, Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Willison, Hugh   +6 more
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Association of congenital Zika syndrome with dental alterations in children with microcephaly

PLoS ONE, 2022
The effects of congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) on the tooth development of infected children are not well known. The aim of this study was to analyze the association of CZS with dental alterations in children with microcephaly seen at a referral hospital ...
Patrícia Nóbrega Gomes, Beatriz Aguiar do Amaral, Isabelita Duarte Azevedo, Haline Cunha de Medeiros Maia, Nivia Maria Rodrigues Arrais, Kenio Costa de Lima   +5 more
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