Zika Virus Infection and Stillbirths: A Case of Hydrops Fetalis, Hydranencephaly and Fetal Demise

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Sarno, Manoel ^a,b   Sacramento, Gielson A ^c   Khouri, Ricardo ^c   do Rosário, Mateus S ^a   Costa, Federico ^b,c,d   Archanjo, Gracinda ^a   Santos, Luciane A ^c   Nery, Nivison ^c   Vasilakis, Nikos ^e   Ko, Albert I ^c,d   de Almeida, Antonio R P ^a,b  

^a Hospital Geral Roberto Santos   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HYDROPS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HYDRANENCEPHALY; LABOR INDUCTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MICROCEPHALY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; SEROLOGY; STILLBIRTH; VIRUS; VIRUS STRAIN; YOUNG ADULT; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; VIROLOGY; ZIKA FEVER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRANENCEPHALY; HYDROPS FETALIS; PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84959270477     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004517     Document Type: Article

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