Microcephaly in Infants, Ceará State, Brazil, 2015-2016

Microcephaly in Infants, Ceará State, Brazil, 2015-2016

In late 2015, the Brazilian Ministry of Health officially announced the association between microcephaly in infants and Zika virus infection of the mother during pregnancy. We describe preliminary findings of this outbreak in Ceará, Northeast Brazil and it’s clinical characteristics in each medical...

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Main Authors: Luciano Pamplona de Góes Cavalcanti, Erlane Marques Ribeiro, André Luis Santos Pessoa, Francisco Herlânio Costa Carvalho, Manoel Martins Neto, Fernanda Montenegro de Carvalho Araújo, Carlos Henrique Alencar, Daniele Rocha Queiroz Lemos, Thayse Elaine Costa Figueiredo, Rhaquel de Morais Alves Barbosa Oliveira, Francisca Kalline de Almeida Barreto, Jorg Heukelbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2017-04-01
Series:Revista de Medicina da UFC
Subjects:
Congenital Zika Syndrome. Microcephaly. Congenital abnormalities. Zika virus infection.
Online Access:http://periodicos.ufc.br/revistademedicinadaufc/article/view/19823

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