Congenital Zika syndrome phenotype in a child born in Brazil in December 2011

We report a case of a Brazilian child born in 2011 with congenital Zika syndrome phenotype. Zika virus (ZIKV) may have been circulating in Brazil more than 4 years before the outbreak. ZIKV infection might be considered in children with this phenotype even without known circulation of ZIKV.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Coelho, Katia E. F. A., Silva, Grasiele L. C. C., Pinho, Suely F., de Carvalho, Alessandra L., Petter, Cristian M., Brandi, Ivar V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6230596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30455890
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1810
Descripción
Sumario:We report a case of a Brazilian child born in 2011 with congenital Zika syndrome phenotype. Zika virus (ZIKV) may have been circulating in Brazil more than 4 years before the outbreak. ZIKV infection might be considered in children with this phenotype even without known circulation of ZIKV.

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