Lancet: Pathology of congenital Zika syndrome in Brazil: a case series

[sharon sanders]

Pathology of congenital Zika syndrome in Brazil: a case series

[FONT=&quot]Roosecelis Brasil Martines, MD†
, Julu Bhatnagar, PhD†
, Prof Ana Maria de Oliveira Ramos, MD
, Helaine Pompeia Freire Davi, MD
, Silvia D'Andretta Iglezias, MD
, Cristina Takami Kanamura, MSc
, M Kelly Keating, DVM
, Gillian Hale, MD
, Luciana Silva-Flannery, PhD
, Atis Muehlenbachs, MD
, Jana Ritter, DVM
, Joy Gary, DVM
, Dominique Rollin, MD
, Cynthia S Goldsmith, MGS
, Sarah Reagan-Steiner, MD
, Yokabed Ermias, MPH
, Tadaki Suzuki, MD
, Prof Kleber G Luz, MD
, Wanderson Kleber de Oliveira, MSc
, Robert Lanciotti, PhD
, Amy Lambert, PhD
, Wun-Ju Shieh, MD
, Dr Sherif R Zaki, MD

†Contributed equally[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Published Online: 29 June 2016

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Interpretation

[FONT=&quot]These findings provide strong evidence of a link between Zika virus infection and different congenital central nervous system malformations, including microcephaly as well as arthrogryposis and spontaneous abortions.


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