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Abstract
BACKGROUND: As a new disease, some features of the congenital Zika virus infection are not yet fully understood. The current Brazilian outbreak brought up an unexpected increase in the number of microcephaly cases as this strain is essentially neurotropic and associated with devastating effects on the developing central nervous system. OBJECT: This focus session aims to discuss the several issues related to the epidemiology, diagnosis, clinical features, and treatment of the congenital Zika virus infection.Entities:
Keywords: Congenital Zika virus infection; Microcephaly; ZIKV outbreak
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Year: 2017 PMID: 29101612 DOI: 10.1007/s00381-017-3647-z
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Childs Nerv Syst ISSN: 0256-7040 Impact factor: 1.475