Potential Association between Zika Infection and Microcephaly during 2007 Fever Outbreak, Gabon

Although Zika virus (ZIKV) circulates in sub-Saharan Africa, no case of ZIKV-associated microcephaly has thus far been reported. Here, we report evidence of a possible association between a 2007 outbreak of febrile illness and an increase in microcephaly and possibly ZIKV infection in Gabon.

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Autores principales: Koumavor, Claudine A. Kombila, Elguero, Eric, Leroy, Eric M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7853567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33496651
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2702.202987
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description Although Zika virus (ZIKV) circulates in sub-Saharan Africa, no case of ZIKV-associated microcephaly has thus far been reported. Here, we report evidence of a possible association between a 2007 outbreak of febrile illness and an increase in microcephaly and possibly ZIKV infection in Gabon.
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spelling pubmed-78535672021-02-09 Potential Association between Zika Infection and Microcephaly during 2007 Fever Outbreak, Gabon Koumavor, Claudine A. Kombila Elguero, Eric Leroy, Eric M. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Although Zika virus (ZIKV) circulates in sub-Saharan Africa, no case of ZIKV-associated microcephaly has thus far been reported. Here, we report evidence of a possible association between a 2007 outbreak of febrile illness and an increase in microcephaly and possibly ZIKV infection in Gabon. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7853567/ /pubmed/33496651 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2702.202987 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Koumavor, Claudine A. Kombila
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title_full Potential Association between Zika Infection and Microcephaly during 2007 Fever Outbreak, Gabon
title_fullStr Potential Association between Zika Infection and Microcephaly during 2007 Fever Outbreak, Gabon
title_full_unstemmed Potential Association between Zika Infection and Microcephaly during 2007 Fever Outbreak, Gabon
title_short Potential Association between Zika Infection and Microcephaly during 2007 Fever Outbreak, Gabon
title_sort potential association between zika infection and microcephaly during 2007 fever outbreak, gabon
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7853567/
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