Intermittent outbreaks of infectious diseases have had profound and lasting effects on
societies throughout history. Those events have powerfully shaped the economic, political …

Zika virus (ZIKV) poses a serious threat to the entire world. The rapid spread of ZIKV and
recent outbreaks since 2007 have caused worldwide concern about the virus. Diagnosis is …

Background Recent Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreaks in the Pacific and the Americas have
highlighted clinically significant congenital neurological abnormalities resulting from ZIKV …

Background Knowledge regarding the risks associated with Zika virus (ZIKV) infections in
pregnancy has relied on individual studies with relatively small sample sizes and variable …

Robust epidemiological and biological evidence supports a causal link between prenatal
Zika Virus (ZIKV) infection and congenital brain abnormalities including microcephaly …

Objetivo: Estimar a prevalência de malformações congênitas e identificar os fatores
associados em nascidos vivos. Métodos: Estudo transversal, de base populacional, com …

Congenital Zika virus (ZIKV) infection may present with a broad spectrum of clinical
manifestations. Some sequelae, particularly neurodevelopmental problems, may have a …

Introduction The objective of this study is to assess the oral and maxillofacial characteristics
of microcephalic children associated with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS). Methods A cross …

Abstract Background In Brazil, in October 2015, an outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection
and an increase in newborns with microcephaly suggested a relationship between maternal …

Background Larval indices such as the house index (HI), Breteau index (BI) and container
index (CI) are widely used to interpret arbovirus vector density in surveillance programmes …