Long-Term Developmental Outcomes of Congenital Virus Infections
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "Human Virology and Viral Diseases".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 4872
Special Issue Editors
Interests: infectious diseases epidemiology; pediatric infectious diseases; perinatal medicine; congenital virus infections; neuro-infections; encephalitis; arboviruses; chikungunya; zika; dengue; neurodevelopment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Congenital virus infections cause harm to the fetus and may lead to a broad spectrum of lifelong complications ranging from embryofetopathies with overt disabling malformations to subtle neurocognitive and behavioral impairments. In this framework, while the short-term accountability of congenital virus infections on developmental outcomes has been widely described and acknowledged in cohorts of preschool children, their long-term impact remains elusive given both the many acquired confounders likely to influence prognosis and the potential for selection bias due to cohort attrition. In this Special Issue, we will consider primarily research articles reporting observational studies focused on long-term developmental outcomes observed among school-age children, teens, and young adults, including growth, neurodevelopment impairments and socialization behavior-related issues. The list of pathogens of interest is wide and encompasses those included in the TORCHZ acronym, of which cytomegalovirus, rubella, and Zika viruses but also enteroviruses/parechoviruses and other arboviruses (West Nile, chikungunya). Systematic reviews and meta-analyses or high-quality expert reviews are also welcome. Study designs and methods intended to control or mitigate selection bias (weighting), as well as those intended to control confusion bias (randomization, propensity score matching) or those aiming at providing causal arguments (omics, mechanistic studies) linking virus exposure to the developmental outcomes are encouraged.
Dr. Patrick Gérardin
Dr. Raphaelle Sarton
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- congenital virus infection
- cohort studies
- developmental outcomes
- neurodevelopment
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