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Congenital Zika Infection and the Risk of Neurodevelopmental, Neurological, and Urinary Track Disorders in Early Childhood. A Systematic Review

Evangelia Antoniou,
Eirini Orovou,
Paraskevi Eva Andronikidi,
Christos Orovas,
Nikolaos Rigas,
Ermioni Palaska,
Angeliki Sarella,
Georgios Iatrakis and
Chrysa Voyiatzaki

Viruses2021, 13(8), 1671;https://doi.org/10.3390/v13081671

23 August 2021

It was late 2015 when Northeast Brazil noticed a worrying increase in neonates born with microcephaly and other congenital malformations. These abnormalities, characterized by an abnormally small head and often neurological impairment and later terme...

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Would Zika virus Infection in Pregnancy Be a Sentence of Poor Neurological Prognosis for Exposed Children? Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in a Cohort from Brazilian Amazon

Marília Rosa Abtibol-Bernardino,
Lucíola de Fátima Albuquerque de Almeida Peixoto,
Marcia da Costa Castilho,
Camila Helena Aguiar Bôtto-Menezes,
Silvana Gomes Benzecry,
Rodrigo Haruo Otani,
Gabriela Ribeiro Ivo Rodrigues,
Beatriz Caroline Soares Chaves,
Geruza Alfaia de Oliveira and
Maria das Graças Costa Alecrim
+ 2 authors

Viruses2022, 14(12), 2659;https://doi.org/10.3390/v14122659

28 November 2022

Infections with Flavivirus in pregnant women are not associated with vertical transmission. However, in 2015, severe cases of congenital infection were reported during the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil. More subtle infections in children born to moth...

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Does Intra-Uterine Exposure to the Zika Virus Increase Risks of Cognitive Delay at Preschool Ages? Findings from a Zika-Exposed Cohort from Grenada, West Indies

Michelle Fernandes,
Roberta Evans,
Mira Cheng,
Barbara Landon,
Trevor Noël,
Calum Macpherson,
Nikita Cudjoe,
Kemi S. Burgen,
Randall Waechter and
Karen Blackmon
+ 1 author

Viruses2023, 15(6), 1290;https://doi.org/10.3390/v15061290

30 May 2023

Maternal infection with Zika virus (ZIKV) is associated with a distinct pattern of birth defects, known as congenital Zika syndrome (CZS). In ZIKV-exposed children without CZS, it is often unclear whether they were protected from in utero infection a...

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Association between Viral Infections and Risk of Autistic Disorder: An Overview

Ahmad Naqib Shuid,
Putri Ayu Jayusman,
Nazrun Shuid,
Juriza Ismail,
Norazlin Kamal Nor and
Isa Naina Mohamed

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2021, 18(6), 2817;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18062817

10 March 2021

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition of the central nervous system (CNS) that presents with severe communication problems, impairment of social interactions, and stereotypic behaviours. Emerging studies indicate possible a...

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