Association between confirmed congenital Zika infection at birth and outcomes up to 3 years of life

Association between confirmed congenital Zika infection at birth and outcomes up to 3 years of life

Here, using diagnostic tools in a longitudinal cohort of ZIKV-infected pregnant women of the French Guiana Western Hospital Center (CHOG) and their infants, the authors investigate the long term neuropathological effects of congenital infection, finding that a laboratory confirmed congenital ZIKV in...

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Main Authors: Najeh Hcini, Yaovi Kugbe, Zo Hasina Linah Rafalimanana, Véronique Lambert, Meredith Mathieu, Gabriel Carles, David Baud, Alice Panchaud, Léo Pomar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23468-3
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Summary:Here, using diagnostic tools in a longitudinal cohort of ZIKV-infected pregnant women of the French Guiana Western Hospital Center (CHOG) and their infants, the authors investigate the long term neuropathological effects of congenital infection, finding that a laboratory confirmed congenital ZIKV infection at birth is associated with higher risks of adverse neurological outcomes up to three years of life.
ISSN:2041-1723

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