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Regadas VC, Silva MDCE, Abud LG, Labadessa LMPL, Oliveira RGGD, Miyake CH, Queiroz RM. Microcephaly caused by congenital Zika virus infection and viral detection in maternal urine during pregnancy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 64:11-14. [PMID: 29561936 DOI: 10.1590/1806-9282.64.01.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2017] [Accepted: 05/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Currently Latin America is undergoing a major epidemic of Zika virus, which is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. Concern for Zika virus infection has been increasing as it is suspected of causing brain defects in newborns such as microcephaly and, more recently, potential neurological and autoimmune complications including Guillian-Barré syndrome and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. We describe a case of virus infection in a 25-year-old woman during the first trimester of her pregnancy, confirmed by laboratory tests only for the detection of viral particles in maternal urine, with imaging studies demonstrating the progression of cranial and encephalic changes in the fetus and later in the newborn, such as head circumference reduction, cerebral calcifications and ventriculomegaly.
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Affiliation(s)
- Vanessa Couras Regadas
- Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Documenta - Hospital Materno Infantil Sinhá Junqueira, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.,Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Documenta - Hospital São Francisco, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
| | - Márcio de Castro E Silva
- Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Documenta - Hospital Materno Infantil Sinhá Junqueira, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.,Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Documenta - Hospital São Francisco, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
| | - Lucas Giansante Abud
- Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Documenta - Hospital São Francisco, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
| | - Luiz Mario Pereira Lopes Labadessa
- Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Documenta - Hospital Materno Infantil Sinhá Junqueira, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.,Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Documenta - Hospital São Francisco, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
| | - Rafael Gouvêa Gomes de Oliveira
- Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Documenta - Hospital Materno Infantil Sinhá Junqueira, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.,Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Documenta - Hospital São Francisco, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
| | - Cecília Hissae Miyake
- Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Documenta - Hospital São Francisco, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
| | - Rodolfo Mendes Queiroz
- Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Documenta - Hospital Materno Infantil Sinhá Junqueira, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.,Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Documenta - Hospital São Francisco, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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