Placental Histopathology and Clinical Presentation of Severe Congenital Zika Syndrome in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Exposed Uninfected Infant

Placental Histopathology and Clinical Presentation of Severe Congenital Zika Syndrome in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Exposed Uninfected Infant

In the large Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic that occurred in Brazil in 2015, the intrauterine fetal exposure to ZIKV was associated with a significant risk of developing microcephaly and neurological disorders in the infected infants. ZIKV-associated disease has since been reported in 24 countries in th...

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Main Authors: Kíssila Rabelo, Regina Célia de Souza Campos Fernandes, Luiz José de Souza, Thais Louvain de Souza, Flávia Barreto dos Santos, Priscila Conrado Guerra Nunes, Elzinandes Leal de Azeredo, Natália Gedeão Salomão, Gisela Freitas Trindade, Carlos A. Basílio-de-Oliveira, Jorge José de Carvalho, Enrique Medina-Acosta, Marciano Viana Paes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
Zika virus
placenta
congenital Zika syndrome
histopathology
microcephaly
human immunodeficiency virus
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2017.01704/full

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