Gestational outcomes in women infected by Zika virus during pregnancy in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil: cross-sectional study

In the year 2015 a temporal relation was observed between the increase in notifications of microcephaly and the outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKV) becoming a significant public health problem in Brazil (Nunes et al. 2016). This increase in cases of microcephaly favored the development of diagnostic guidelines with more accurate neonatal screening parameters to better evaluate infants exposed to maternal ZIKV infection. Changes in the fetal Central Nervous System (CNS), as well as in several other systems, have given rise to what is known as Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome (CZS) (Brito 2015; Schuler-Faccini et al.

Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - June 29, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Iara Beatriz Andrade de Sousa, Cristina Souza, Marcelo dos santos Barbosa, Julio Henrique Rosa Croda, Crhistinne Cavalheiro Maymone Gon çalves, Sara Santos Bernardes, Silvana Beutinger Marchioro Source Type: research