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Zika virus infection in a German traveller to the Maldives, August 2025

Published on 07/04/2026 |  Original article (Full-text)  | Orth, Hans Martin et al. | Travel medicine and infectious disease 2026; 70(In progress): 102960 1 min.

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a neurotropic flavivirus associated with generally mild disease but the risk of congenital abnormalities when contracted during pregnancy. Reports from the Maldives are rare. We describe a ZIKV infection in a traveller returning from the Maldives in August 2025, including clinical...

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Zika Virus Infection in Pregnant Traveler Returning to Denmark from Phuket, Thailand, 2024.

Published on 01/07/2025 |  PubMed  | Rubin Ingrid Maria Cecilia et al. | Emerging infectious diseases 2025 Feb; 31(2): 382-385 2 min.

We report a case of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in a pregnant woman from Denmark who traveled to Thailand during her first trimester. Late in the second trimester, severe microcephaly was diagnosed in the fetus, and ZIKV infection was confirmed. Travelers and clinicians should be aware of ongoing ZIKV...

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All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in Children With Congenital Zika Syndrome in Brazil.

Published on 01/07/2025 |  PubMed  | Cardim Luciana Lobato et al. | JAMA network open 2025 Jan; 8(1): e2456042 2 min.

Congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) can lead to a range of developmental and neurological issues, which increases the risk of early death. However, the all-cause and cause-specific mortality in children with CZS in the first 5 years of life remain unknown.Objective: To compare the hazard of all-cause and...

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Morphological and functional cardiac alterations in children with congenital Zika syndrome and severe neurological deficits.

Published on 01/07/2025 |  PubMed  | Barbosa Imara Correia de Queiroz et al. | PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2023 Nov; 17(11): e0011762 2 min.

Zika virus infection during pregnancy causes fetal microcephaly and brain damage. Congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) is characterized by systemic involvement with diffuse muscle impairment, a high frequency of arthrogryposis, and microphthalmia. Cardiac impairment in CZS has rarely been evaluated. Our study...

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Exacerbated Zika virus-induced neuropathology and microcephaly in fetuses of dengue-immune nonhuman primates.

Published on 01/07/2025 |  PubMed  | Saron Wilfried A A et al. | Science translational medicine 2023 Oct; 15(719): eadd2420 2 min.

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that can vertically transmit from mother to fetus, potentially causing congenital defects, including microcephaly. It is not fully understood why some fetuses experience severe complications after in utero exposure to ZIKV, whereas others do not. Given...

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