sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
Description of the Presumed Congenital Zika Syndrome. American Journal of Public Health: April 2016, Vol. 106, No. 4, pp. 598-600.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303115
Accepted on: Feb 3, 2016
[h=1][/h] Initial Description of the Presumed Congenital Zika Syndrome
Dem?crito de Barros Miranda-Filho, PhD, Celina Maria Turchi Martelli, PhD, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, PhD, Thalia Velho Barreto Ara?jo, PhD, Maria Angela Wanderley Rocha, MsC,Regina Coeli Ferreira Ramos, MsC, Rafael Dhalia, PhD, Rafael Freitas de Oliveira Fran?a, PhD,Ernesto Torres de Azevedo Marques J?nior, PhD, and Laura Cunha Rodrigues, PhD
Initial Description of the Presumed Congenital Zika Syndrome
Conclusions. Preliminary data suggest that severe congenital abnormalities are linked to Zika virus infection. Cases have severe abnormalities, and although sharing many characteristics with congenital abnormalities associated with other viral infections, abnormalities presumably linked to the Zika virus may have distinguishing characteristics. These severe neurologic abnormalities may result in marked mental retardation and motor disabilities for many surviving offspring.
Policy Implications. Affected nations need to prepare to provide complex and costly multidisciplinary care that children diagnosed with this new congenital syndrome will require.
Read More: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2016.303115?journalCode=ajph
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303115
Accepted on: Feb 3, 2016
[h=1][/h] Initial Description of the Presumed Congenital Zika Syndrome
Dem?crito de Barros Miranda-Filho, PhD, Celina Maria Turchi Martelli, PhD, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, PhD, Thalia Velho Barreto Ara?jo, PhD, Maria Angela Wanderley Rocha, MsC,Regina Coeli Ferreira Ramos, MsC, Rafael Dhalia, PhD, Rafael Freitas de Oliveira Fran?a, PhD,Ernesto Torres de Azevedo Marques J?nior, PhD, and Laura Cunha Rodrigues, PhD
Initial Description of the Presumed Congenital Zika Syndrome
Conclusions. Preliminary data suggest that severe congenital abnormalities are linked to Zika virus infection. Cases have severe abnormalities, and although sharing many characteristics with congenital abnormalities associated with other viral infections, abnormalities presumably linked to the Zika virus may have distinguishing characteristics. These severe neurologic abnormalities may result in marked mental retardation and motor disabilities for many surviving offspring.
Policy Implications. Affected nations need to prepare to provide complex and costly multidisciplinary care that children diagnosed with this new congenital syndrome will require.
Read More: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2016.303115?journalCode=ajph