Hearing loss in infants with microcephaly and evidence of congenital zika virus infection — Brazil, November 2015–May 2016

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 65, Issue 34, 2016, Pages 917-919

  Leal, Mariana C ^a,b   Muniz, Lilian F ^b   Ferreira, Tamires S A ^a   Santos, Cristiane M ^a   Almeida, Luciana C ^b   Van Der Linden, Vanessa ^c,d   Ramos, Regina C F ^e   Rodrigues, Laura C ^e   Caldas Neto, Silvio S ^b  

^a Hospital Agamenon Magalhaes   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c Oswaldo Cruz University Hospital ^*

^d Oswaldo Cruz University Hospital   (Brazil)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

BRAZIL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84985982495     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6534e3     Document Type: Article

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