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Zika Virus Infection in Pregnant Traveler Returning to Denmark from Phuket, Thailand, 2024.
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.
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.
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.
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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Causes of death in children with congenital Zika syndrome in Brazil, 2015 to 2018: A nationwide record linkage study.
Children with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) have severe damage to the peripheral and central nervous system (CNS), greatly increasing the risk of death. However, there is no information on the sequence of the underlying, intermediate, immediate, and contributing causes of deaths among these children....
