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Maxwell L, Shreedhar P, Levis B, Chavan SA, Akter S, Carabali M. Overlapping research efforts in a global pandemic: a rapid systematic review of COVID-19-related individual participant data meta-analyses. BMC Health Serv Res 2023; 23:735. [PMID: 37415216 PMCID: PMC10327330 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-09726-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Individual participant data meta-analyses (IPD-MAs), which involve harmonising and analysing participant-level data from related studies, provide several advantages over aggregate data meta-analyses, which pool study-level findings. IPD-MAs are especially important for building and evaluating diagnostic and prognostic models, making them an important tool for informing the research and public health responses to COVID-19. METHODS We conducted a rapid systematic review of protocols and publications from planned, ongoing, or completed COVID-19-related IPD-MAs to identify areas of overlap and maximise data request and harmonisation efforts. We searched four databases using a combination of text and MeSH terms. Two independent reviewers determined eligibility at the title-abstract and full-text stages. Data were extracted by one reviewer into a pretested data extraction form and subsequently reviewed by a second reviewer. Data were analysed using a narrative synthesis approach. A formal risk of bias assessment was not conducted. RESULTS We identified 31 COVID-19-related IPD-MAs, including five living IPD-MAs and ten IPD-MAs that limited their inference to published data (e.g., case reports). We found overlap in study designs, populations, exposures, and outcomes of interest. For example, 26 IPD-MAs included RCTs; 17 IPD-MAs were limited to hospitalised patients. Sixteen IPD-MAs focused on evaluating medical treatments, including six IPD-MAs for antivirals, four on antibodies, and two that evaluated convalescent plasma. CONCLUSIONS Collaboration across related IPD-MAs can leverage limited resources and expertise by expediting the creation of cross-study participant-level data datasets, which can, in turn, fast-track evidence synthesis for the improved diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19. TRIAL REGISTRATION 10.17605/OSF.IO/93GF2.
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- Lauren Maxwell
- Heidelberger Institut Für Global Health, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 130/3, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Heidelberger Institut Für Global Health, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 130/3, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote Ste Catherine Road, Montreal, QC, H3T 1E2, Canada
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- Institute of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Südring 2-3, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Heidelberger Institut Für Global Health, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 130/3, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, School of Population and Global Health, McGill University, 2001 McGill College Avenue, Montréal, H3A 1G1, Canada
- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Universite de Montreal, 7101 Parc Avenue, Montreal, H3N 1X9, Canada
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Custer B, Grebe E, Buccheri R, Bakkour S, Stone M, Capuani L, Alencar C, Amorim L, Loureiro P, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Mendrone-Junior A, Gonçalez T, Gao K, Livezey KW, Linnen JM, Brambilla D, McClure C, Busch MP, Sabino EC. Surveillance for Zika, Chikungunya, and Dengue Virus Incidence and RNAemia in Blood Donors at 4 Brazilian Blood Centers During 2016-2019. J Infect Dis 2023; 227:696-707. [PMID: 35687888 PMCID: PMC10152499 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiac173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Except for public health case reports, the incidence of Zika virus (ZIKV), chikungunya virus (CHIKV), and dengue virus (DENV) infection are not available to assess the potential blood transfusion safety threat in Brazil. METHODS Pools of 6 donation samples (MP6) left over from human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus nucleic acid testing were combined to create MP18 pools (3 MP6 pools). Samples were tested using the Grifols triplex ZIKV, CHIKV, and DENV real-time transcription mediated amplification assay to estimate prevalence of RNAemia and incidence, and to compare these results to case reports in São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Recife, and Rio de Janeiro, from April 2016 through June 2019. RESULTS ZIKV, CHIKV, and DENV RNAemia were found from donors who donated without overt symptoms of infection that would have led to deferral. The highest RNAemic donation prevalence was 1.2% (95% CI, .8%-1.9%) for DENV in Belo Horizonte in May 2019. Arbovirus infections varied by location and time of year, and were not always aligned with annual arbovirus outbreak seasons in different regions of the country. CONCLUSIONS Testing donations for arboviruses in Brazil can contribute to public health. Transfusion recipients were likely exposed to ZIKV, CHIKV, and DENV viremic blood components during the study period.
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- Brian Custer
- Vitalant Research Institute, San Francisco, California, USA.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Vitalant Research Institute, San Francisco, California, USA.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.,Department of Science and Innovation, National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Vitalant Research Institute, San Francisco, California, USA.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Vitalant Research Institute, San Francisco, California, USA.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Fundação Hemope, Recife, Brazil.,Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Grifols Diagnostics Solutions, San Diego, California, USA
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- Research Triangle Institute International, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Research Triangle Institute International, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Vitalant Research Institute, San Francisco, California, USA.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Marques FJP, Amarante C, Elias MAC, Klein R, Nascimento OJM, Leyser M. Neurodevelopmental outcomes in a cohort of children with congenital Zika syndrome at 12 and 24 months of age. Child Care Health Dev 2023; 49:304-310. [PMID: 35959569 DOI: 10.1111/cch.13044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 08/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Early child development is a critical stage of life that influences social, educational and health outcomes worldwide. A few years after Zika epidemic, families of children born with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) continue to face uncertainties when it comes to the development of their children. The present study sought to analyse the developmental trajectories of a subset of children born with CZS in the first 24 months of life. METHODS Thirty-five children with CZS were assessed with the Bayley-III Scales at 12 and 24 months of age from November 2016 to December 2018 in a rehabilitation centre in Brazil. Inclusion criteria included children with established diagnosis of CZS. Exclusion criteria included the presence of arthrogryposis, prematurity, irregular follow-up, clinical complications or other causes of microcephaly. Children born with CZS who evolved with cerebral palsy (CP) were classified according to the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) at 2 years of age. RESULTS At 12 months of age mean composite scores on the Bayley cognitive, communication and motor scores were 57.71 (SD 7.11), 57.94 (SD 14.34) and 49.26 (7.20), respectively. At 24 months of age, composite scores were 57.43 (SD 7.11), 53.60 (SD 12.29) and 48.83 (7.76). In addition, 31 (88.57%) out of 34 children diagnosed with CP were classified as GMFCS levels IV and V. CONCLUSION Zika virus congenital infection is a risk factor for functional impairments across all developmental domains having a direct and substantial negative impact in early child development.
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- Fernanda J P Marques
- SARAH Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Federal Fluminense University, Niterói, Brazil
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- SARAH Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- SARAH Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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Debray TPA, Collins GS, Riley RD, Snell KIE, Van Calster B, Reitsma JB, Moons KGM. Transparent reporting of multivariable prediction models developed or validated using clustered data: TRIPOD-Cluster checklist. BMJ 2023; 380:e071018. [PMID: 36750242 PMCID: PMC9903175 DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2022-071018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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- Thomas P A Debray
- Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Cochrane Netherlands, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Prognosis Research, School of Primary, Community and Social Care, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Centre for Prognosis Research, School of Primary, Community and Social Care, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Cochrane Netherlands, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Cochrane Netherlands, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Arraes de Alencar Ximenes R, de Barros Miranda-Filho D, Brickley EB, Barreto de Araújo TV, Montarroyos UR, Abtibol-Bernardino MR, Mussi-Pinhata MM, Duarte G, Coutinho CM, Biason de Moura Negrini SF, Alecrim MDGC, Albuquerque de Almeida Peixoto LDF, Lopes Moreira ME, Zin A, Pereira Júnior JP, Nielsen-Saines K, Turchi Martelli CM, Rodrigues LC, Vieira de Souza W, Ventura LO, Silva de Oliveira C, de Matos H, Furtado Serra EM, Souza Gomes LT, Nogueira ML, Estofolete C, Vaz-Oliani DC, Passos SD, Moron A, Duarte Rodrigues MM, Pereira Sarmento SG, Turchi MD, Pela Rosado LE, de Sene Amâncio Zara AL, Franco Gomes MB, Schuler-Faccini L, Herrero-Silva J, Amorim MM, Melo AO, Ledo Alves da Cunha AJ, Prata-Barbosa A, Amim J, Rezende-Filho J, Calcagno JI, Júnior Alcântara LC, Lima de Almeida B, Hofer CB, Machado ES, de Siqueira IC, Martinez-Espinosa FE, Brasil P. Risk of adverse outcomes in offspring with RT-PCR confirmed prenatal Zika virus exposure: An individual participant data meta-analysis of 13 cohorts in the Zika Brazilian Cohorts Consortium. LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH. AMERICAS 2023; 17:100395. [PMID: 36714276 PMCID: PMC9880800 DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2022.100395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
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 risk estimates of adverse outcomes, or on surveillance or routinely collected data. Using data from the Zika Brazilian Cohorts Consortium, this study aims, to estimate the risk of adverse outcomes among offspring of women with RT-PCR-confirmed ZIKV infection during pregnancy and to explore heterogeneity between studies. Methods We performed an individual participant data meta-analysis of the offspring of 1548 pregnant women from 13 studies, using one and two-stage meta-analyses to estimate the absolute risks. Findings Of the 1548 ZIKV-exposed pregnancies, the risk of miscarriage was 0.9%, while the risk of stillbirth was 0.3%. Among the pregnancies with liveborn children, the risk of prematurity was 10,5%, the risk of low birth weight was 7.7, and the risk of small for gestational age (SGA) was 16.2%. For other abnormalities, the absolute risks were: 2.6% for microcephaly at birth or first evaluation, 4.0% for microcephaly at any time during follow-up, 7.9% for neuroimaging abnormalities, 18.7% for functional neurological abnormalities, 4.0% for ophthalmic abnormalities, 6.4% for auditory abnormalities, 0.6% for arthrogryposis, and 1.5% for dysphagia. This risk was similar in all sites studied and in different socioeconomic conditions, indicating that there are not likely to be other factors modifying this association. Interpretation This study based on prospectively collected data generates the most robust evidence to date on the risks of congenital ZIKV infections over the early life course. Overall, approximately one-third of liveborn children with prenatal ZIKV exposure presented with at least one abnormality compatible with congenital infection, while the risk to present with at least two abnormalities in combination was less than 1.0%.
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- Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes
- Postgraduate Program in Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil,Post-Graduation in Health Sciences, University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil,Corresponding author. Professional address: Postgraduate Program in Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, s/n., Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE 50670-901, Brazil; University of Pernambuco, Rua Arnóbio Marques, n. 310, Santo Amaro, Recife, PE 50100-130, Brazil.
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Postgraduate Program in Tropical Medicine, University of Amazonas State, Manaus, AM, Brazil,Postgraduate Program in Tropical Medicine, Doctor Heitor Vieira Dourado Tropical Medicine Foundation, Manaus, Brazil
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Tropical Medicine, University of Amazonas State, Manaus, AM, Brazil,Postgraduate Program in Tropical Medicine, Doctor Heitor Vieira Dourado Tropical Medicine Foundation, Manaus, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Tropical Medicine, University of Amazonas State, Manaus, AM, Brazil,Postgraduate Program in Tropical Medicine, Doctor Heitor Vieira Dourado Tropical Medicine Foundation, Manaus, Brazil
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- Clinical Research Unit, Instituto Fernandes Figueira, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, LA, United States
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Altino Ventura Foundation, Recife, PE, Brazil,Pernambuco Eyes Hospital, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Department of Epidemiology, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ananindeua, PA, Brazil
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- Department of Arbovirology and Hemorrhagic Fever, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ananindeua, PA, Brazil
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Medicine School of São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Medicine School of São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medicine School of São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Infectious Pediatric Laboratory, Medicine School of Jundiaí, Jundiaí, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Fetal Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Hospital das Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grandedo Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- City Hall of Tangará da Serra, Municipal Health Department, Tangará da Serra, MT, Brazil
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- Medical Academic Unit, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil
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- Medical Academic Unit, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics, D’Or Institute for Research & Education, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Obstectrics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Maternity School, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Obstectrics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Maternity School, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Reference Maternity Prof. José Maria de Magalhães Netto, Bahia Health Department, Salvador, BA, Brazil
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- Department of Infecitous Diseases, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Infecitous Diseases, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Tropical Medicine, University of Amazonas State, Manaus, AM, Brazil,Postgraduate Program in Tropical Medicine, Doctor Heitor Vieira Dourado Tropical Medicine Foundation, Manaus, Brazil,Leonidas and Maria Deane Institute, Fiocruz, Manaus, AM, Brazil
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- Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Carabali M, Maxwell L, Levis B, Shreedhar P. Heterogeneity of Zika virus exposure and outcome ascertainment across cohorts of pregnant women, their infants and their children: a metadata survey. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e064362. [PMID: 36414312 PMCID: PMC9685007 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To support the Zika virus (ZIKV) Individual Participant Data (IPD) Consortium's efforts to harmonise and analyse IPD from ZIKV-related prospective cohort studies and surveillance-based studies of pregnant women and their infants and children; we developed and disseminated a metadata survey among ZIKV-IPD Meta-Analysis (MA) study participants to identify and provide a comprehensive overview of study-level heterogeneity in exposure, outcome and covariate ascertainment and definitions. SETTING Cohort and surveillance studies that measured ZIKV infection during pregnancy or at birth and measured fetal, infant, or child outcomes were identified through a systematic search and consultations with ZIKV researchers and Ministries of Health from 20 countries or territories. PARTICIPANTS Fifty-four cohort or active surveillance studies shared deidentified data for the IPD-MA and completed the metadata survey, representing 33 061 women (11 020 with ZIKV) and 18 281 children. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES Study-level heterogeneity in exposure, outcome and covariate ascertainment and definitions. RESULTS Median study sample size was 268 (IQR=100, 698). Inclusion criteria, follow-up procedures and exposure and outcome ascertainment were highly heterogenous, differing meaningfully across regions and multisite studies. Enrolment duration and follow-up for children after birth varied before and after the declaration of the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) and according to the type of funding received. CONCLUSION This work highlights the logistic and statistical challenges that must be addressed to account for the multiple sources of within-study and between-study heterogeneity when conducting IPD-MAs of data collected in the research response to emergent pathogens like ZIKV.
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- Mabel Carabali
- Departement de Médecine Sociale et Préventive, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneve, Switzerland
- Heidelberger Institut für Global Health, UniversitätsKlinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre for Prognosis Research, School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, UK
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Mulkey SB, DeBiasi RL. New Insights into Zika in Infants and Children. Trop Med Infect Dis 2022; 7:tropicalmed7080158. [PMID: 36006250 PMCID: PMC9412678 DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed7080158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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- Sarah B. Mulkey
- Prenatal Pediatrics Institute, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC 20010, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC 20052, USA
- Department of Neurology, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC 20052, USA
- Correspondence: (S.B.M.); (R.L.D.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC 20052, USA
- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC 20010, USA
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC 20052, USA
- Correspondence: (S.B.M.); (R.L.D.)
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Sett S, Dos Santos Ribeiro C, Prat C, Haringhuizen G, Scholz AH. Access and benefit-sharing by the European Virus Archive in response to COVID-19. THE LANCET. MICROBE 2022; 3:e316-e323. [PMID: 34806057 PMCID: PMC8594928 DOI: 10.1016/s2666-5247(21)00211-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Biobanking infrastructures, which are crucial for responding early to new viral outbreaks, share pathogen genetic resources in an affordable, safe, and impartial manner and can provide expertise to address access and benefit-sharing issues. The European Virus Archive has had a crucial role in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic by distributing EU-subsidised (free of charge) viral resources to users worldwide, providing non-monetary benefit sharing, implementing access and benefit-sharing compliance, and raising access and benefit-sharing awareness among members and users. All currently available SARS-CoV-2 material in the European Virus Archive catalogue, including variants of concern, are not access and benefit-sharing cases per se, but multilateral benefit-sharing has nevertheless occurred. We propose and discuss how a multilateral system enabling access and benefit-sharing from pathogen genetic resources, based on the European Virus Archive operational model, could help bridge the discrepancies between the current bilateral legal framework for pathogen genetic resources and actual pandemic response practices.
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- Scarlett Sett
- Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
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- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Center for Infectious Disease Control, Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- Unité des Virus Émergents, UVE: Aix-Marseille University, IRD 190, Inserm 1207, Marseille, France
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- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Center for Infectious Disease Control, Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
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Are Zika virus cross-reactive antibodies against aquaporin-4 associated to Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder? J Neuroimmunol 2021; 360:577697. [PMID: 34461359 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2021.577697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Revised: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Zika virus (ZIKV) infection has been associated with the development of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD). ZIKV-induced antibodies that putatively cross-react to aquaporin-4 (AQP4) protein are suggested to cause inflammation of the optic nerve. A region of similarity between AQP4 and the ZIKV NS2B protein was identified. Our data showed that ZIKV-associated NMOSD patients develop anti-AQP4 antibodies, but not anti-ZIKV NS2B antibodies, revealing that cross-reacting antibodies are not the underlying cause of this phenotype. ZIKV infection in mice showed persistent viral replication in the eye tissue, suggesting that NMOSD symptoms are consequence of viral infection of the optic nerve cells.
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Wilder-Smith A, Brickley EB, Ximenes RADA, Miranda-Filho DDB, Turchi Martelli CM, Solomon T, Jacobs BC, Pardo CA, Osorio L, Parra B, Lant S, Willison HJ, Leonhard S, Turtle L, Ferreira MLB, de Oliveira Franca RF, Lambrechts L, Neyts J, Kaptein S, Peeling R, Boeras D, Logan J, Dolk H, Orioli IM, Neumayr A, Lang T, Baker B, Massad E, Preet R. The legacy of ZikaPLAN: a transnational research consortium addressing Zika. Glob Health Action 2021; 14:2008139. [PMID: 35377284 PMCID: PMC8986226 DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2021.2008139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Global health research partnerships with institutions from high-income countries and low- and middle-income countries are one of the European Commission's flagship programmes. Here, we report on the ZikaPLAN research consortium funded by the European Commission with the primary goal of addressing the urgent knowledge gaps related to the Zika epidemic and the secondary goal of building up research capacity and establishing a Latin American-European research network for emerging vector-borne diseases. Five years of collaborative research effort have led to a better understanding of the full clinical spectrum of congenital Zika syndrome in children and the neurological complications of Zika virus infections in adults and helped explore the origins and trajectory of Zika virus transmission. Individual-level data from ZikaPLAN`s cohort studies were shared for joint analyses as part of the Zika Brazilian Cohorts Consortium, the European Commission-funded Zika Cohorts Vertical Transmission Study Group, and the World Health Organization-led Zika Virus Individual Participant Data Consortium. Furthermore, the legacy of ZikaPLAN includes new tools for birth defect surveillance and a Latin American birth defect surveillance network, an enhanced Guillain-Barre Syndrome research collaboration, a de-centralized evaluation platform for diagnostic assays, a global vector control hub, and the REDe network with freely available training resources to enhance global research capacity in vector-borne diseases.
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- Annelies Wilder-Smith
- Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.,Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit for Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Departments of Neurology and Immunology, Erasmus Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit for Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Departments of Neurology and Immunology, Erasmus Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit for Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Insect-Virus Interactions Unit, Institut Pasteur, UMR2000, CNRS, 75015 Paris, France
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- KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Leuven, Belgium
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- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Maternal, Fetal and Infant Research, Institute for Nursing and Health Research, Ulster University, Ulster, United Kingdom
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- RELAMC and ECLAMC at Genetics Department, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Medicine, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
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- The Global Health Network, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- The Global Health Network, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo and Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Sato JR, Junior CEB, de Araújo ELM, de Souza Rodrigues J, Andrade SM. A guide for the use of fNIRS in microcephaly associated to congenital Zika virus infection. Sci Rep 2021; 11:19270. [PMID: 34588470 PMCID: PMC8481532 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-97450-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS) is characterized by changes in cranial morphology associated with heterogeneous neurological manifestations and cognitive and behavioral impairments. In this syndrome, longitudinal neuroimaging could help clinicians to predict developmental trajectories of children and tailor treatment plans accordingly. However, regularly acquiring magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has several shortcomings besides cost, particularly those associated with childrens' clinical presentation as sensitivity to environmental stimuli. The indirect monitoring of local neural activity by non-invasive functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) technique can be a useful alternative for longitudinally accessing the brain function in children with CZS. In order to provide a common framework for advancing longitudinal neuroimaging assessment, we propose a principled guideline for fNIRS acquisition and analyses in children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Based on our experience on collecting fNIRS data in children with CZS we emphasize the methodological challenges, such as clinical characteristics of the sample, desensitization, movement artifacts and environment control, as well as suggestions for tackling such challenges. Finally, metrics based on fNIRS can be associated with established clinical metrics, thereby opening possibilities for exploring this tool as a long-term predictor when assessing the effectiveness of treatments aimed at children with severe neurodevelopmental disorders.
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- João Ricardo Sato
- Center of Mathematics, Computing, and Cognition, Federal University of ABC, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil
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- Center of Mathematics, Computing, and Cognition, Federal University of ABC, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil
- Department of Biological and Experimental Psychology, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Laboratory of Aging and Neuroscience Studies, Department of Physical Therapy, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, PA, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Aging and Neuroscience Studies, Department of Physical Therapy, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, PA, Brazil.
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Qiao L, Martelli CMT, Raja AI, Sanchez Clemente N, de Araùjo TVB, Ximenes RADA, Miranda-Filho DDB, Ramond A, Brickley EB. Epidemic preparedness: Prenatal Zika virus screening during the next epidemic. BMJ Glob Health 2021; 6:bmjgh-2021-005332. [PMID: 34117012 PMCID: PMC8202108 DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Zika virus (ZIKV) is a vectorborne infectious agent of global public health significance due to its potential to cause severe teratogenic outcomes. The question of whether health systems should consider adopting screening programmes for ZIKV infections during pregnancy warrants consideration. In this analysis, we apply the Wilson-Jungner framework to appraise the potential utility of a prenatal ZIKV screening programme, outline potential screening strategies within the case-finding pathway, and consider other epidemiological factors that may influence the planning of such a screening programme. Our evaluation of a potential prenatal ZIKV screening programme highlights factors affirming its usefulness, including the importance of Congenital Zika Syndrome as a public health problem and the existence of analogous congenital prenatal screening programmes for STORCH agents (syphilis, toxoplasmosis, others (eg, human immunodeficiency virus, varicella-zoster virus, parvovirus B19), rubella, cytomegalovirus, and herpes simplex virus). However, our assessment also reveals key barriers to implementation, such as the need for more accurate diagnostic tests, effective antiviral treatments, increased social service capacity, and surveillance. Given that the reemergence of ZIKV is likely, we provide a guiding framework for policymakers and public health leaders that can be further elaborated and adapted to different contexts in order to reduce the burden of adverse ZIKV-related birth outcomes during future outbreaks.
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- Luxi Qiao
- Health Equity Action Lab, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.,School of Medicine, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Health Equity Action Lab, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Health Equity Action Lab, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Departamento de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil.,Departamento de Medicina Interna, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
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- Health Equity Action Lab, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Health Equity Action Lab, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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Pomar L, Lambert V, Matheus S, Pomar C, Hcini N, Carles G, Rousset D, Vouga M, Panchaud A, Baud D. Prolonged Maternal Zika Viremia as a Marker of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes. Emerg Infect Dis 2021; 27:490-498. [PMID: 33496246 PMCID: PMC7853546 DOI: 10.3201/eid2702.200684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Whether prolonged maternal viremia after Zika virus infection represents a risk factor for maternal–fetal transmission and subsequent adverse outcomes remains unclear. In this prospective cohort study in French Guiana, we enrolled Zika virus–infected pregnant women with a positive PCR result at inclusion and noninfected pregnant women; both groups underwent serologic testing in each trimester and at delivery during January–July 2016. Prolonged viremia was defined as ongoing virus detection >30 days postinfection. Adverse outcomes (fetal loss or neurologic anomalies) were more common in fetuses and neonates from mothers with prolonged viremia (40.0%) compared with those from infected mothers without prolonged viremia (5.3%, adjusted relative risk [aRR] 7.2 [95% CI 0.9–57.6]) or those from noninfected mothers (6.6%, aRR 6.7 [95% CI 3.0–15.1]). Congenital infections were confirmed more often in fetuses and neonates from mothers with prolonged viremia compared with the other 2 groups (60.0% vs. 26.3% vs. 0.0%, aRR 2.3 [95% CI 0.9–5.5]).
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Schultz V, Barrie JA, Donald CL, Crawford CL, Mullin M, Anderson TJ, Solomon T, Barnett SC, Linington C, Kohl A, Willison HJ, Edgar JM. Oligodendrocytes are susceptible to Zika virus infection in a mouse model of perinatal exposure: Implications for CNS complications. Glia 2021; 69:2023-2036. [PMID: 33942402 PMCID: PMC9216243 DOI: 10.1002/glia.24010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Some children with proven intrauterine Zika virus (ZIKV) infection who were born asymptomatic subsequently manifested neurodevelopmental delays, pointing to impairment of development perinatally and postnatally. To model this, we infected postnatal day (P) 5-6 (equivalent to the perinatal period in humans) susceptible mice with a mammalian cell-propagated ZIKV clinical isolate from the Brazilian outbreak in 2015. All infected mice appeared normal up to 4 days post-intraperitoneal inoculation (dpi), but rapidly developed severe clinical signs at 5-6 dpi. All nervous tissue examined at 5/6 dpi appeared grossly normal. However, anti-ZIKV positive cells were observed in the optic nerve, brain, and spinal cord; predominantly in white matter. Co-labeling with cell type specific markers demonstrated oligodendrocytes and astrocytes support productive infection. Rarely, ZIKV positive neurons were observed. In spinal cord white matter, which we examined in detail, apoptotic cells were evident; the density of oligodendrocytes was significantly reduced; and there was localized microglial reactivity including expression of the NLRP3 inflammasome. Together, our observations demonstrate that a clinically relevant ZIKV isolate can directly impact oligodendrocytes. As primary oligodendrocyte cell death can lead later to secondary autoimmune demyelination, our observations may help explain neurodevelopmental delays in infants appearing asymptomatic at birth and commend lifetime surveillance.
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- Verena Schultz
- College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Glasgow, UK
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- College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Glasgow, UK
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- MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK
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- College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Glasgow, UK
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- College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Glasgow, UK
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, Glasgow
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- Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Glasgow, UK
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- College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Glasgow, UK
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- MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK
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- College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Glasgow, UK
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- College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Glasgow, UK
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Alecrim MDGC, de Amorim MMR, de Araújo TVB, Brasil P, Brickley EB, Castilho MDC, Coelho BP, da Cunha AJLA, Duarte G, Estofolete CF, Gurgel RQ, Herrero-Silva J, Hofer CB, Lopes ASA, Martelli CMT, Melo ASDO, Miranda-Filho DDB, Montarroyos UR, Moreira ME, Mussi-Pinhata MM, de Oliveira CS, Passos SD, Prata-Barbosa A, dos Santos DN, Schuler-Faccini L, da Silva AAM, de Siqueira IC, Sousa PDS, Turchi MD, Ximenes RADA, Zara ALDSA. Zika Brazilian Cohorts (ZBC) Consortium: Protocol for an Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of Congenital Zika Syndrome after Maternal Exposure during Pregnancy. Viruses 2021; 13:v13040687. [PMID: 33923434 PMCID: PMC8072625 DOI: 10.3390/v13040687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2021] [Revised: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Despite great advances in our knowledge of the consequences of Zika virus to human health, many questions remain unanswered, and results are often inconsistent. The small sample size of individual studies has limited inference about the spectrum of congenital Zika manifestations and the prognosis of affected children. The Brazilian Zika Cohorts Consortium addresses these limitations by bringing together and harmonizing epidemiological data from a series of prospective cohort studies of pregnant women with rash and of children with microcephaly and/or other manifestations of congenital Zika. The objective is to estimate the absolute risk of congenital Zika manifestations and to characterize the full spectrum and natural history of the manifestations of congenital Zika in children with and without microcephaly. This protocol describes the assembly of the Consortium and protocol for the Individual Participant Data Meta-analyses (IPD Meta-analyses). The findings will address knowledge gaps and inform public policies related to Zika virus. The large harmonized dataset and joint analyses will facilitate more precise estimates of the absolute risk of congenital Zika manifestations among Zika virus-infected pregnancies and more complete descriptions of its full spectrum, including rare manifestations. It will enable sensitivity analyses using different definitions of exposure and outcomes, and the investigation of the sources of heterogeneity between studies and regions.
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- Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campina Grande 58428-830, Brazil; (M.M.R.d.A.); (A.S.d.O.M.)
- Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira (IMIP), Recife 50070-902, Brazil
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- Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, Brazil;
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- Fundação de Medicina Tropical Doutor Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus 69040-000, Brazil; (M.d.G.C.A.); (M.d.C.C.)
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- Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife 50670-901, Brazil;
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- Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14049-900, Brazil; (G.D.); (M.M.M.-P.)
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- Departamento de Pediatria, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-971, Brazil; (A.J.L.A.d.C.); (C.B.H.)
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- Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campina Grande 58428-830, Brazil; (M.M.R.d.A.); (A.S.d.O.M.)
- Instituto Paraibano de Diagnóstico (EMBRION), Campina Grande 58400-506, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14049-900, Brazil; (G.D.); (M.M.M.-P.)
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- Centro de Referência em Neurodesenvolvimento, Assistência e Reabilitação de Crianças, Secretaria de Saúde do Estado do Maranhão, São Luís 65076-820, Brazil;
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- Departamento de Saude Coletiva, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia 74605-050, Brazil; (M.D.T.); (A.L.d.S.A.Z.)
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- Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife 50100-130, Brazil;
- Departamento de Medicina Tropical da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife 50670-901, Brazil
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Ades AE, Soriano-Arandes A, Alarcon A, Bonfante F, Thorne C, Peckham CS, Giaquinto C. Vertical transmission of Zika virus and its outcomes: a Bayesian synthesis of prospective studies. THE LANCET. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2021; 21:537-545. [PMID: 33068528 PMCID: PMC7992034 DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(20)30432-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Revised: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Prospective studies of Zika virus in pregnancy have reported rates of congenital Zika syndrome and other adverse outcomes by trimester. However, Zika virus can infect and damage the fetus early in utero, but clear before delivery. The true vertical transmission rate is therefore unknown. We aimed to provide the first estimates of underlying vertical transmission rates and adverse outcomes due to congenital infection with Zika virus by trimester of exposure. METHODS This was a Bayesian latent class analysis of data from seven prospective studies of Zika virus in pregnancy. We estimated vertical transmission rates, rates of Zika-virus-related and non-Zika-virus-related adverse outcomes, and the diagnostic sensitivity of markers of congenital infection. We allowed for variation between studies in these parameters and used information from women in comparison groups with no PCR-confirmed infection, where available. FINDINGS The estimated mean risk of vertical transmission was 47% (95% credible interval 26 to 76) following maternal infection in the first trimester, 28% (15 to 46) in the second, and 25% (13 to 47) in the third. 9% (4 to 17) of deliveries following infections in the first trimester had symptoms consistent with congenital Zika syndrome, 3% (1 to 7) in the second, and 1% (0 to 3) in the third. We estimated that in infections during the first, second, and third trimester, respectively, 13% (2 to 27), 3% (-5 to 14), and 0% (-7 to 11) of pregnancies had adverse outcomes attributable to Zika virus infection. Diagnostic sensitivity of markers of congenital infection was lowest in the first trimester (42% [18 to 72]), but increased to 85% (51 to 99) in trimester two, and 80% (42 to 99) in trimester three. There was substantial between-study variation in the risks of vertical transmission and congenital Zika syndrome. INTERPRETATION This preliminary analysis recovers the causal effects of Zika virus from disparate study designs. Higher transmission in the first trimester is unusual with congenital infections but accords with laboratory evidence of decreasing susceptibility of placental cells to infection during pregnancy. FUNDING European Union Horizon 2020 programme.
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- A E Ades
- Department of Population Health Science, University of Bristol Medical School, Bristol, UK,Correspondence to: Prof A E Ades, Department of Population Health Science, University of Bristol Medical School, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK
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- Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiencies Unit, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neonatology, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Déu, Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Experimental Animal Models, Division of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy
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- Population Policy and Practice Programme, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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- Population Policy and Practice Programme, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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- Dipartimento di Salute della Donna e del Bambino, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
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Giozza SP, Bermúdez XPD, Kara EO, Calvet GA, de Filippis AMB, Lacerda MVG, Bôtto-Menezes CHA, da Costa Castilho M, Franca RFO, Neto AM, Storme C, Lima NS, Modjarrad K, de Oliveira MCP, Pereira GFM, Broutet N. An initiative of cooperation in Zika virus research: the experience of the ZIKABRA study in Brazil. BMC Public Health 2021; 21:572. [PMID: 33757480 PMCID: PMC7985753 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10596-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The Zika virus outbreak has triggered a set of local and global actions for a rapid, effective, and timely public health response. A World Health Organization (WHO) initiative, supported by the Department of Chronic Condition Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Infections (DCCI) of the Health Surveillance Secretariat (SVS), Brazil Ministry of Health (MoH) and other public health funders, resulted in the start of the "Study on the persistence of Zika virus in body fluids of patients with ZIKV infection in Brazil - ZIKABRA study". The ZIKABRA study was designed to increase understanding of how long ZIKV persists in bodily fluids and informing best measures to prevent its transmission. Data collection began in July 2017 and the last follow up visit occurred in 06/26/2020. METHODS A framework for the ZIKABRA Cooperation initiative is provided through a description and analysis of the mechanisms, strategies and the ethos that have guided the models of international governance and technical cooperation in health for scientific exchange in the context of a public health emergency. Among the methodological strategies, we included a review of the legal documents that supported the ZIKABRA Cooperation; weekly documents produced in the meetings and working sessions; technical reports; memorandum of understanding and the research protocol. CONCLUSION We highlight the importance of working in cooperation between different institutional actors to achieve more significant results than that obtained by each group working in isolation. In addition, we point out the advantages of training activities, ongoing supervision, the construction of local installed research capacity, training academic and non-academic human resources, improvement of laboratory equipment, knowledge transfer and the availability of the ZIKABRA study protocol for development of similar studies, favoring the collective construction of knowledge to provide public health emergency responses. Strategy harmonization; human resources and health services; timing and recruiting particularities and processing institutional clearance in the different sites can be mentioned as challenges in this type of initiative.
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- Silvana Pereira Giozza
- Department of Chronic Condition Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Infections, Health Surveillance Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Brazil, SRTVN Quadra 701, Lote D, Edifício PO700 - 5° andar, Brasília, Distrito Federal, 70719-040, Brazil.
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- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Emerging Infectious Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Department of Chronic Condition Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Infections, Health Surveillance Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Brazil, SRTVN Quadra 701, Lote D, Edifício PO700 - 5° andar, Brasília, Distrito Federal, 70719-040, Brazil
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- Department of Chronic Condition Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Infections, Health Surveillance Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Brazil, SRTVN Quadra 701, Lote D, Edifício PO700 - 5° andar, Brasília, Distrito Federal, 70719-040, Brazil
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Throughout the last decade, chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and Zika virus (ZIKV) infections have spread globally, causing a spectrum of disease that ranges from self-limited febrile illness to permanent severe disability, congenital anomalies, and early death. Nevertheless, estimates of their aggregate health impact are absent from the literature and are currently omitted from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) reports. We systematically reviewed published literature and surveillance records to evaluate the global burden caused by CHIKV and ZIKV between 2010 and 2019, to calculate estimates of their disability-adjusted life year (DALY) impact. Extracted data on acute, chronic, and perinatal outcomes were used to create annualized DALY estimates, following techniques outlined in the GBD framework. This study is registered with PROSPERO (CRD42020192502). Of 7,877 studies identified, 916 were screened in detail, and 21 were selected for inclusion. Available data indicate that CHIKV and ZIKV caused the average yearly loss of over 106,000 and 44,000 DALYs, respectively, between 2010 and 2019. Both viruses caused substantially more burden in the Americas than in any other World Health Organization (WHO) region. This unequal distribution is likely due to a combination of limited active surveillance reporting in other regions and the lack of immunity that left the previously unexposed populations of the Americas susceptible to severe outbreaks during the last decade. Long-term rheumatic sequelae provided the largest DALY component for CHIKV, whereas congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) contributed most significantly for ZIKV. Acute symptoms and early mortality accounted for relatively less of the overall burden. Suboptimal reporting and inconsistent diagnostics limit precision when determining arbovirus incidence and frequency of complications. Despite these limitations, it is clear from our assessment that CHIKV and ZIKV represent a significant cause of morbidity that is not included in current disease burden reports. These results suggest that transmission-blocking strategies, including vector control and vaccine development, remain crucial priorities in reducing global disease burden through prevention of potentially devastating arboviral outbreaks. Chikungunya and Zika are 2 mosquito-borne viral diseases that can cause both acute symptoms and long-term, debilitating complications in infected individuals. Chikungunya is best known as a cause of persistent arthritis in otherwise recovered patients and Zika as a cause of cognitive, motor, and sensory anomalies in newborn children. Both diseases emerged in the Americas within the last decade and have since spread rapidly throughout the region. Despite their widespread transmission there and throughout much of the world, chikungunya and Zika remain neglected diseases. One of the most significant obstacles to address their spread is a lack of data involving their burden. We searched the published literature and surveillance reports to collect information about the incidence, mortality, and morbidity associated with each of these diseases to estimate their regional and global burden during the last decade. Our estimates confirm that chikungunya and Zika caused substantial burden throughout this time frame and place them among the most problematic mosquito-borne viral diseases worldwide. We found that the largest proportion of global burden linked to each disease between 2010 and 2019 occurred in the Americas, although this observation is likely due to limited reporting in other regions.
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Moreira MI, Villela SH, Meio MDBB. Vertical transmission of Zika virus and the repercussions on children: the knowledge is not complete. BMC Med 2021; 19:41. [PMID: 33541333 PMCID: PMC7861884 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-021-01901-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- M I Moreira
- Instituto Fernandes Figueira/Fiocruz, Avenida Rui Barbosa, Rio de Janeiro, 716, Brazil.
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- Instituto Fernandes Figueira/Fiocruz, Avenida Rui Barbosa, Rio de Janeiro, 716, Brazil
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- Instituto Fernandes Figueira/Fiocruz, Avenida Rui Barbosa, Rio de Janeiro, 716, Brazil
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Background: In the past 5 years, the Zika virus (ZIKV) has gone from being associated with mild infection to one of the most studied viruses worldwide. Between 2015 and 2016, the first reports of pregnant women with confirmed and/or suspected ZIKV infection described fetuses and newborns with severe congenital malformations, in particular microcephaly and central nervous system malformations, leading to a strong suspicion of its association with the virus. Despite all the knowledge rapidly acquired since the beginning of the ZIKV outbreak, many questions are still to be answered and further studies on the infection and its consequences are required.Aim: To present the currently available evidence on the epidemiological and clinical aspects of ZIKV infection.Methods: Non-systematic review carried out in MEDLINE (PubMed), LILACS (VHL), Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane and CAPES Portal databases for the past five years using the search terms arboviruses, flavivirus, Zika and ZIKV.Results: The acute clinical of ZIKV infection in children seems very similar to that in adults, with fever (usully low), rash maculopapular and pruritus. Neurological complication associated with ZIKV reported in the literature include Guillain-Barré syndrome and meningoencephalitis. More recently, the term congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) has been adopted to describe a set of symptoms and signs in children whose mothers had ZIKV infection confirmed during pregnancy.Conclusions: More detailed knowledge of ZIKV infection in children allows the pediatrician to diagnose earlier, implement the correct treatment, monitor warnings signs for the most severe forms, and especially establish effective preventive measures.Abbreviations:: CDC, Centers for Disease Control; CZS, congenital Zika syndrome; DEET, N, N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide; GBS, Guillain-Barré syndrome; PRNT, plaque reduction neutralisation test; RNA, ribonucleic acid; RT-PCR, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; STX, saxitoxin; ZIKV, Zika virus.
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- Marlos Melo Martins
- Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Childcare and Pediatrics Martagão Gesteira, Federal University of Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
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Wilder-Smith A. COVID-19 in comparison with other emerging viral diseases: risk of geographic spread via travel. TROPICAL DISEASES TRAVEL MEDICINE AND VACCINES 2021; 7:3. [PMID: 33517914 PMCID: PMC7847598 DOI: 10.1186/s40794-020-00129-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Accepted: 12/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Purpose of review The COVID-19 pandemic poses a major global health threat. The rapid spread was facilitated by air travel although rigorous travel bans and lockdowns were able to slow down the spread. How does COVID-19 compare with other emerging viral diseases of the past two decades? Recent findings Viral outbreaks differ in many ways, such as the individuals most at risk e.g. pregnant women for Zika and the elderly for COVID-19, their vectors of transmission, their fatality rate, and their transmissibility often measured as basic reproduction number. The risk of geographic spread via air travel differs significantly between emerging infectious diseases. Summary COVID-19 is not associated with the highest case fatality rate compared with other emerging viral diseases such as SARS and Ebola, but the combination of a high reproduction number, superspreading events and a globally immunologically naïve population has led to the highest global number of deaths in the past 20 decade compared to any other pandemic.
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- A Wilder-Smith
- Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. .,Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Wilder-Smith A, Osman S. Public health emergencies of international concern: a historic overview. J Travel Med 2020; 27:6025447. [PMID: 33284964 PMCID: PMC7798963 DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taaa227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Revised: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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RATIONALE The International Health Regulations (IHR) have been the governing framework for global health security since 2007. Declaring public health emergencies of international concern (PHEIC) is a cornerstone of the IHR. Here we review how PHEIC are formally declared, the diseases for which such declarations have been made from 2007 to 2020 and justifications for such declarations. KEY FINDINGS Six events were declared PHEIC between 2007 and 2020: the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, Ebola (West African outbreak 2013-2015, outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo 2018-2020), poliomyelitis (2014 to present), Zika (2016) and COVID-19 (2020 to present). Poliomyelitis is the longest PHEIC. Zika was the first PHEIC for an arboviral disease. For several other emerging diseases a PHEIC was not declared despite the fact that the public health impact of the event was considered serious and associated with potential for international spread. RECOMMENDATIONS The binary nature of a PHEIC declaration is often not helpful for events where a tiered or graded approach is needed. The strength of PHEIC declarations is the ability to rapidly mobilize international coordination, streamline funding and accelerate the advancement of the development of vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics under emergency use authorization. The ultimate purpose of such declaration is to catalyse timely evidence-based action, to limit the public health and societal impacts of emerging and re-emerging disease risks while preventing unwarranted travel and trade restrictions.
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- Annelies Wilder-Smith
- Global Health and Epidemiology, University of Umea, 901 87 Umea, Sweden.,Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 365, 6900 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Global Health and Epidemiology, University of Umea, 901 87 Umea, Sweden
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Ades AE, Brickley EB, Alexander N, Brown D, Jaenisch T, Miranda-Filho DDB, Pohl M, Rosenberger KD, Soriano-Arandes A, Thorne C, Ximenes RADA, de Araújo TVB, Avelino-Silva VI, Bethencourt Castillo SE, Borja Aburto VH, Brasil P, Christie CDC, de Souza WV, Gotuzzo H JE, Hoen B, Koopmans M, Martelli CMT, Martins Teixeira M, Marques ETA, Miranda MC, Montarroyos UR, Moreira ME, Morris JG, Rockx B, Saba Villarroel PM, Soria Segarra C, Tami A, Turchi MD, Giaquinto C, de Lamballerie X, Wilder-Smith A. Zika virus infection in pregnancy: a protocol for the joint analysis of the prospective cohort studies of the ZIKAlliance, ZikaPLAN and ZIKAction consortia. BMJ Open 2020; 10:e035307. [PMID: 33323426 PMCID: PMC7745317 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in pregnancy has been associated with microcephaly and severe neurological damage to the fetus. Our aim is to document the risks of adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes and the prevalence of laboratory markers of congenital infection in deliveries to women experiencing ZIKV infection during pregnancy, using data from European Commission-funded prospective cohort studies in 20 centres in 11 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean. METHODS AND ANALYSIS We will carry out a centre-by-centre analysis of the risks of adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes, comparing women with confirmed and suspected ZIKV infection in pregnancy to those with no evidence of infection in pregnancy. We will document the proportion of deliveries in which laboratory markers of congenital infection were present. Finally, we will investigate the associations of trimester of maternal infection in pregnancy, presence or absence of maternal symptoms of acute ZIKV infection and previous flavivirus infections with adverse outcomes and with markers of congenital infection. Centre-specific estimates will be pooled using a two-stage approach. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethical approval was obtained at each centre. Findings will be presented at international conferences and published in peer-reviewed open access journals and discussed with local public health officials and representatives of the national Ministries of Health, Pan American Health Organization and WHO involved with ZIKV prevention and control activities.
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- A E Ades
- Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol Medical School, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Flavivirus Reference Laboratory, Fundacão Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Section Clinical Tropical Medicine, UniversitatsKlinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Section Clinical Tropical Medicine, UniversitatsKlinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiencies Unit, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Health, University of the West Indies at Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
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- Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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- INSERM Centre d'Investigation Clinique 1424, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France
- Faculté de Médecine Hyacinthe Bastaraud, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
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- Instituto Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, Brazil
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Figueira National Institute for Women's, Children's and Adolescents Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
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- Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador
- SOSECALI C., Ltda, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goias, Goiânia, Brazil
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- Department of Woman's and Child's Health, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Aix-Marseille Université Institut Universitaire de Technologie d'Aix-en-Provence, Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
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Alves LV, Leal CA, Alves JGB. Zika virus seroprevalence in women who gave birth during Zika virus outbreak in Brazil - a prospective observational study. Heliyon 2020; 6:e04817. [PMID: 32964154 PMCID: PMC7490532 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2020] [Revised: 07/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background The recent Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak in Brazil started in August 2015 and ended in May 2017 without effective public health measures for its control have been taken. The immunological status of a community may not only predict future outbreaks as well to answer questions regarding ZIKV not known yet. Objective To verify the seroprevalence of ZIKV in a group of women who were pregnant during the Zika virus outbreak in Recife, three to nine months after the delivery, and to evaluate the neurodevelopment of their children. Methods A cross-sectional study enrolled participants of a cohort study held at Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira (IMIP) during the ZIKV outbreak in Recife. Mothers who gave birth between the last trimester of 2015 and the first semester of 2016, period of the peak of microcephaly outbreak in Recife, were invited. All participants had the serum tested by the anti-ZIKV IgG/IgM enzyme-liked immunosorbent assays, ELISA kit (Euroimmun, Lübeck, Germany). All children whose mothers presented positive serology for ZIKV performed the IgG/IgM ELISA test for ZIKV. These children were also evaluated by a neuropediatrician and the Denver II development screening test was applied. Results Among the 132 studied pregnant women who gave birth at the peak of ZIKV outbreak in Recife, all were ZIKV IgM negative and 81 (61,3%) had ZIKV IgG positive. Mothers ZIKV IgG positive had more fever and rash during the pregnancy as compared with mothers negative for ZIKV; respectively 27/81 (33,3%) vs 6/51 (11,7%), p = 0.005 and 22/81 (27,2%) vs 4 (7,8%), p = 0.016. Only one child had IgG positive serology for ZIKV. No children had neurodevelopment defect for the age group and the Denver II normal scores. Conclusions A high ZIKV IgG seroprevalence in pregnant women at the end of the ZIKV outbreak in Recife was found. This finding suggests that community protective immunity may have contributed to the end of ZIKV outbreak in Recife, Brazil.
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- Lucas Victor Alves
- Department of Neuropediatrics, Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira (IMIP), USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira (IMIP), Brazil
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Gonzalez M, Tong VT, Rodriguez H, Valencia D, Acosta J, Honein MA, Ospina ML. Cohort profile: congenital Zika virus infection and child neurodevelopmental outcomes in the ZEN cohort study in Colombia. Epidemiol Health 2020; 42:e2020060. [PMID: 32882120 PMCID: PMC7871158 DOI: 10.4178/epih.e2020060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Zika en Embarazadas y Niños (ZEN) is a prospective cohort study designed to identify risk factors and modifiers for Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in pregnant women, partners, and infants, as well as to assess the risk for adverse maternal, fetal, infant, and childhood outcomes of ZIKV and other congenital infections. ZIKV infection during pregnancy may be associated with long-term sequelae. In the ZEN cohort, 1,519 pregnant women and 287 partners were enrolled from 3 departments within Colombia between February 2017 and January 2018, as well as 1,108 infants born to the pregnant women who were followed to 6 months. The data include baseline questionnaires at enrollment; repeated symptoms and study follow-up questionnaires; the results of lab tests to detect ZIKV and other congenital infections; medical record abstractions; infant physical, eye, and hearing exams; and developmental screening tests. Follow-up of 850 mother-child dyads occurred at 9 months, 12 months, and 18 months with developmental screenings, physical exams, and parent questionnaires. The data will be pooled with those from other prospective cohort studies for an individual participant data meta-analysis of ZIKV infection during pregnancy to characterize pregnancy outcomes and sequelae in children.
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA
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Sanchez Clemente N, Brickley EB, Paixão ES, De Almeida MF, Gazeta RE, Vedovello D, Rodrigues LC, Witkin SS, Passos SD. Zika virus infection in pregnancy and adverse fetal outcomes in São Paulo State, Brazil: a prospective cohort study. Sci Rep 2020; 10:12673. [PMID: 32728054 PMCID: PMC7391725 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69235-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Robust epidemiological and biological evidence supports a causal link between prenatal Zika Virus (ZIKV) infection and congenital brain abnormalities including microcephaly. However, it remains uncertain if ZIKV infection in pregnancy also increases the risk for other adverse fetal and birth outcomes. In a prospective cohort study we investigated the influence of ZIKV on the prevalence of prematurity, low birth weight, small-for-gestational-age, and fetal death as well as microcephaly (i.e., overall and disproportionate) in the offspring of women attending a high-risk pregnancy clinic during the recent ZIKV outbreak in Brazil. During the recruitment period (01 March 2016-23 August 2017), urine samples were tested for ZIKV by RT-PCR from all women attending the high-risk pregnancy clinic at Jundiaí University Hospital and from the neonates after delivery. Of the 574 women evaluated, 44 (7.7%) were ZIKV RT-PCR positive during pregnancy. Of the 409 neonates tested, 19 (4.6%) were ZIKV RT-PCR positive in the first 10 days of life. In this cohort, maternal ZIKV exposure was not associated with increased risks of prematurity, low birth weight, small-for-gestational-age, or fetal death. However, relative to ZIKV-negative neonates, ZIKV-positive infants had a five-fold increased risk of microcephaly overall (RR 5.1, 95% CI 1.2-22.5) and a ten-fold increased risk of disproportionate microcephaly (RR 10.3, 95% CI 2.0-52.6). Our findings provide new evidence that, in a high-risk pregnancy cohort, ZIKV RT-PCR positivity in the neonate at birth is strongly associated with microcephaly. However, ZIKV infection during pregnancy does not appear to influence the risks of prematurity, low birth weight, small-for-gestational-age or fetal death in women who already have gestational comorbidities. The results suggest disproportion between neonatal head circumference and weight may be a useful screening indicator for the detection of congenital microcephaly associated with ZIKV infection.
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- Nuria Sanchez Clemente
- Department of Epidemiology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
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- Jundiaí Medical School, Jundiaí University, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Jundiaí Medical School, Jundiaí University, São Paulo, Brazil
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Buekens P, Alger J, Bréart G, Cafferata ML, Harville E, Tomasso G. A call for action for COVID-19 surveillance and research during pregnancy. Lancet Glob Health 2020; 8:e877-e878. [PMID: 32333854 PMCID: PMC7176390 DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(20)30206-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Pierre Buekens
- Department of Epidemiology, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
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- Departamento de Laboratorio Clínico, Hospital Escuela and Instituto de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitología Antonio Vidal, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1153, Paris, France,Paris University, Paris, France
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- Department of Epidemiology, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Unidad de Investigación Clínica y Epidemiológica, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Mulkey SB, DeBiasi RL. Do Not Judge a Book by Its Cover: Critical Need for Longitudinal Neurodevelopmental Assessment of In Utero Zika-Exposed Children. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2020; 102:913-914. [PMID: 32274991 PMCID: PMC7204577 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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- Sarah B Mulkey
- Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia.,Department of Neurology, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia.,Children's National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Department of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia.,Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia.,Children's National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia
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Wilder-Smith A, Preet R, Brickley EB, Ximenes RADA, Miranda-Filho DDB, Turchi Martelli CM, Araújo TVBD, Montarroyos UR, Moreira ME, Turchi MD, Solomon T, Jacobs BC, Villamizar CP, Osorio L, de Filipps AMB, Neyts J, Kaptein S, Huits R, Ariën KK, Willison HJ, Edgar JM, Barnett SC, Peeling R, Boeras D, Guzman MG, de Silva AM, Falconar AK, Romero-Vivas C, Gaunt MW, Sette A, Weiskopf D, Lambrechts L, Dolk H, Morris JK, Orioli IM, O'Reilly KM, Yakob L, Rocklöv J, Soares C, Ferreira MLB, Franca RFDO, Precioso AR, Logan J, Lang T, Jamieson N, Massad E. ZikaPLAN: addressing the knowledge gaps and working towards a research preparedness network in the Americas. Glob Health Action 2020; 12:1666566. [PMID: 31640505 PMCID: PMC6818126 DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2019.1666566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Zika Preparedness Latin American Network (ZikaPLAN) is a research consortium funded by the European Commission to address the research gaps in combating Zika and to establish a sustainable network with research capacity building in the Americas. Here we present a report on ZikaPLAN`s mid-term achievements since its initiation in October 2016 to June 2019, illustrating the research objectives of the 15 work packages ranging from virology, diagnostics, entomology and vector control, modelling to clinical cohort studies in pregnant women and neonates, as well as studies on the neurological complications of Zika infections in adolescents and adults. For example, the Neuroviruses Emerging in the Americas Study (NEAS) has set up more than 10 clinical sites in Colombia. Through the Butantan Phase 3 dengue vaccine trial, we have access to samples of 17,000 subjects in 14 different geographic locations in Brazil. To address the lack of access to clinical samples for diagnostic evaluation, ZikaPLAN set up a network of quality sites with access to well-characterized clinical specimens and capacity for independent evaluations. The International Committee for Congenital Anomaly Surveillance Tools was formed with global representation from regional networks conducting birth defects surveillance. We have collated a comprehensive inventory of resources and tools for birth defects surveillance, and developed an App for low resource regions facilitating the coding and description of all major externally visible congenital anomalies including congenital Zika syndrome. Research Capacity Network (REDe) is a shared and open resource centre where researchers and health workers can access tools, resources and support, enabling better and more research in the region. Addressing the gap in research capacity in LMICs is pivotal in ensuring broad-based systems to be prepared for the next outbreak. Our shared and open research space through REDe will be used to maximize the transfer of research into practice by summarizing the research output and by hosting the tools, resources, guidance and recommendations generated by these studies. Leveraging on the research from this consortium, we are working towards a research preparedness network.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University , Umeå , Sweden
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- Departamento de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco , Recife , Brasil.,Departamento de Medicina Interna, Universidade de Pernambuco , Recife , Brasil
| | | | | | | | | | | | - Marília Dalva Turchi
- Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Publica, Universidade Federal de Goiás , Goiânia , Brasil
| | - Tom Solomon
- Institute of Infection and Global Health, The University of Liverpool , Liverpool , UK
| | - Bart C Jacobs
- Departments of Neurology and Immunology, Erasmus Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam , The Netherlands
| | | | | | | | - Johan Neyts
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Rega Institute of Medical Research , Leuven , Belgium
| | - Suzanne Kaptein
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Rega Institute of Medical Research , Leuven , Belgium
| | - Ralph Huits
- Institute of Tropical Medicine , Antwerp , Belgium
| | | | - Hugh J Willison
- Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow , Glasgow , UK
| | - Julia M Edgar
- Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow , Glasgow , UK
| | - Susan C Barnett
- Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow , Glasgow , UK
| | | | - Debi Boeras
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine , London , UK
| | | | - Aravinda M de Silva
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , NC , USA
| | - Andrew K Falconar
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine , London , UK.,Departmento del Medicina, Fundacion Universidad del Norte , Barranquilla , Colombia
| | - Claudia Romero-Vivas
- Departmento del Medicina, Fundacion Universidad del Norte , Barranquilla , Colombia
| | | | - Alessandro Sette
- Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology , La Jolla , CA , USA.,Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego , La Jolla , CA , USA
| | - Daniela Weiskopf
- Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology , La Jolla , CA , USA
| | - Louis Lambrechts
- Insect-Virus Interactions Unit, Institut Pasteur, UMR2000, CNRS , Paris , France
| | - Helen Dolk
- Maternal Fetal and Infant Research Centre, Institute of Nursing and Health Research, Ulster University , Newtownabbey , UK
| | - Joan K Morris
- Population Health Research Institute, St George's, University of London , London , UK
| | - Ieda M Orioli
- Associação Técnico-Científica Estudo Colaborativo Latino Americano de Malformações Congênitas (ECLAMC) no Departmento de Genética, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
| | | | - Laith Yakob
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine , London , UK
| | - Joacim Rocklöv
- Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University , Umeå , Sweden
| | - Cristiane Soares
- Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
| | | | | | - Alexander R Precioso
- Instituto Butantan , Brazil.,Pediatrics Department, Medical School of University of Sao Paulo , Sao Paulo , Brazil
| | - James Logan
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine , London , UK
| | - Trudie Lang
- The Global Health Network, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
| | - Nina Jamieson
- The Global Health Network, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
| | - Eduardo Massad
- Fundacao de Apoio a Universidade de Sao Paulo , Sao Paulo , Brazil.,School of Applied Mathematics, Fundacao Getulio Vargas , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
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