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Introduction: several birth defects associated to congenital Zika virus infection have been reported, although the clinical features have not been fully characterized.
Alex Sandro Rolland Souza +12 more
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Congenital Zika virus syndrome [PDF]
Viroj Wiwanitki
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Clinical, Neuroimaging and Video Electroencephalography Findings in Children With Congenital Zika Syndrome: An Analysis From a Neurorehabilitation Centre. [PDF]
Children with congenital Zika syndrome followed at a neurorehabilitation centre demonstrated severe neurological impairment characterized by microcephaly, cortical malformations, intracranial calcifications and multifocal epileptiform activity. Integrated clinical, neuroimaging and video‐electroencephalographic (EEG) findings highlight the extensive ...
Rodrigues ASR +5 more
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The Zika virus belongs to the family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus and was discovered in 1947 in the rhésus monkeys in the Zika forest in Uganda in Africa. In the 1970s the virus spread and reached Indonesia, India, Pakistan and Malaysia.
João Victor Macedo Marinho +4 more
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Preschool neurodevelopment in Zika virus-exposed children without congenital Zika syndrome. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Children with in utero Zika virus (ZIKV) exposure without congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) are at risk for abnormal neurodevelopment. Preschool-age outcomes for children with antenatal ZIKV exposure have not yet been established.
Mulkey SB +14 more
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Adaptive problems arising out of the progenitor’s abandonment after Zika Congenital Syndrome [PDF]
Objective: to reveal the adaptive problems of the woman abandoned by the child’s parent after Congenital Zika Syndrome, in the light of Roy’s Adaptation Model. Method: a qualitative, descriptive study, based on Roy’s Adaptation Model, developed with six
Juliana Cristina Cruz Calazans +6 more
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The phenotypic spectrum of congenital Zika syndrome [PDF]
In October 2015, Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak the Brazilian Ministry of Health (MoH). In response, the Brazilian Society of Medical Genetics established a task force (SBGM-ZETF) to study the phenotype of infants born with microcephaly due to ZIKV congenital infection and delineate the phenotypic spectrum of this newly recognized teratogen. This study was
Del Campo M +26 more
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Zika virus was recognized as a teratogen in 2015, when prenatal Zika infection was associated with neonatal microcephaly. The transmission, virulence, tropism, and consequences of Zika virus infection during pregnancy are currently studied.
Silvina Noemí Contreras-Capetillo +8 more
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Zika virus infection as a cause of congenital brain abnormalities and Guillain-Barré syndrome: systematic review [PDF]
BACKGROUND The World Health Organization (WHO) stated in March 2016 that there was scientific consensus that the mosquito-borne Zika virus was a cause of the neurological disorder Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and of microcephaly and other congenital ...
Porgo, Teegwendé V +27 more
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Introduction: Microcephaly is recognized as one of the main consequences of congenital Zika syndrome, but other serious problems such as global hypertonia, irritability, excessive crying, swallowing disorders, seizures, visual impairment and ...
Lucianna Cabral de Almeida +7 more
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