Association between Zika virus infection and microcephaly in Brazil, January to May, 2016: preliminary report of a case-control study

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1356-1363

  de Araújo, Thalia Velho Barreto ^a   Rodrigues, Laura Cunha ^b   de Alencar Ximenes, Ricardo Arraes ^a   de Barros Miranda Filho, Demócrito ^a   Montarroyos, Ulisses Ramos ^a   de Melo, Ana Paula Lopes ^a   Valongueiro, Sandra ^a   de Albuquerque, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão ^c   Souza, Wayner Vieira ^c   Braga, Cynthia ^c   Filho, Sinval Pinto Brandão ^c   Cordeiro, Marli Tenório ^c   Vazquez, Enrique ^d   Di Cavalcanti Souza Cruz, Danielle ^e   Henriques, Cláudio Maierovitch Pessanha ^c   Bezerra, Luciana Caroline Albuquerque ^f   da Silva Castanha, Priscila Mayrelle ^c   Dhalia, Rafael ^c   Marques Júnior, Ernesto Torres Azevedo ^c   Martelli, Celina Maria Turchi ^c,g  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

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

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Brazil)

^e Instituto Materno Infantil Fernando Figueira   (Brazil)

^f University de Pernambuco   (Brazil)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL SERUM; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; VIROLOGY; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MICROCEPHALY; NEUROIMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84994518877     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30318-8     Document Type: Article

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