Zika virus infection and microcephaly in Vietnam

The CT findings were consistent with those of children with vertical Zika virus infection in the Americas.2 At age 9 months, the infant showed psychomotor developmental delays, with generalised spastic dystonia and cerebral palsy. The ethics committee of the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki...

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Published inThe Lancet infectious diseases Vol. 17; no. 8; pp. 805 - 806
Main Authors Moi, Meng Ling, Nguyen, Thi Thu Thuy, Nguyen, Co Thach, Vu, Thi Bich Hau, Tun, Mya Myat Ngwe, Pham, Tho Duoc, Pham, Ngoc Thanh, Tran, Thuan, Morita, Kouichi, Le, Thi Quynh Mai, Dang, Duc Anh, Hasebe, Futoshi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2017
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Children
Computed tomography
Congenital diseases
Dystonia
Epidemiology
Ethics
Guillain-Barre syndrome
Hygiene
Infections
Infectious diseases
Microcephaly
Microencephaly
Paralysis
R&D
Research & development
Vector-borne diseases
Viruses
Zika virus
Asia
Vietnam
Singapore
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Summary:The CT findings were consistent with those of children with vertical Zika virus infection in the Americas.2 At age 9 months, the infant showed psychomotor developmental delays, with generalised spastic dystonia and cerebral palsy. The ethics committee of the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Japan (08061924-7) and National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam (IRB-VN01057/2016) approved the study. 2 AN Hazin, A Poretti, D Di Cavalcanti Souza Cruz, Computed tomographic findings in microcephaly...
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ISSN:1473-3099
1474-4457
DOI:10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30412-7