| Literature DB >> 27601223 |
Antonio Soares de Souza1,2, Cristiane Moraes Dias2, Fernanda Del Campo Braojos Braga2, Ana Carolina Bernardes Terzian3, Cássia Fernanda Estofolete3, Antonio Hélio Oliani4, Gustavo Henrique Oliveira2, Cinara Cássia Brandão de Mattos5, Luiz Carlos de Mattos5, Maurício Lacerda Nogueira3, Denise Cristina Mós Vaz-Oliani2,4.
Abstract
Zika virus (ZIKV) infection acquired during pregnancy is associated with congenital microcephaly. We describe 2 cases of ZIKV infection in women in their 36th week of pregnancy whose fetuses had preserved head circumference at birth and findings of subependymal cysts and lenticulostriate vasculopathy in postnatal imaging. These represent the first signs of congenital brain injury acquired due to ZIKV in the third trimester.Entities:
Keywords: Zika virus infection; central nervous system cysts; infection/congenital; lenticulostriate vasculopathy; ultrasonography
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27601223 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw613
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079