The Zika virus and pregnancy: evidence, management, and prevention

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 386-396

  Citil Dogan, Ayse ^a   Wayne, Sandra ^a   Bauer, Samuel ^b   Ogunyemi, Dotun ^b   Kulkharni, Santosh K ^c   Maulik, Devika ^d   Carpenter, Christopher F ^b   Bahado Singh, Ray O ^b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM BEAUMONT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Management of Zika virus; pregnancy; Zika virus infection

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CONDOM USE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONSENSUS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MICROCEPHALY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; AEDES; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; TRAVEL; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85003010240     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2016.1174210     Document Type: Review

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