Pregnancy Outcomes after ZIKV Infection in French Territories in the Americas

Zika virus was recently linked to birth defects, especially microcephaly. In this report from French territories in the Americas, the rate of birth defects possibly associated with intrapartum Zika virus infection was found to be 7%.

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 378; no. 11; pp. 985 - 994
Main Authors Hoen, Bruno, Schaub, Bruno, Funk, Anna L, Ardillon, Vanessa, Boullard, Manon, Cabié, André, Callier, Caroline, Carles, Gabriel, Cassadou, Sylvie, Césaire, Raymond, Douine, Maylis, Herrmann-Storck, Cécile, Kadhel, Philippe, Laouénan, Cédric, Madec, Yoann, Monthieux, Alice, Nacher, Mathieu, Najioullah, Fatiha, Rousset, Dominique, Ryan, Catherine, Schepers, Kinda, Stegmann-Planchard, Sofia, Tressières, Benoît, Voluménie, Jean-Luc, Yassinguezo, Samson, Janky, Eustase, Fontanet, Arnaud
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 15.03.2018
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Age
Amniotic Fluid
Amniotic Fluid - virology
Birth defects
Chromosome Disorders
Chromosome Disorders - epidemiology
Cohort Studies
Congenital Abnormalities
Congenital Abnormalities - epidemiology
Congenital defects
Congenital diseases
Cytomegalovirus
Data processing
Enrollments
Epidemics
Family medical history
Female
Fetal Diseases
Fetal Diseases - epidemiology
Fetuses
Flavivirus
French Guiana
French Guiana - epidemiology
Gestational age
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe - epidemiology
Health risk assessment
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infants
Infections
Laboratories
Life Sciences
Martinique
Martinique - epidemiology
Microcephaly
Microcephaly - epidemiology
Microencephaly
Middle Aged
Miscarriage
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Polymerase chain reaction
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
Pregnancy Outcome
Pregnancy Outcome - epidemiology
Pregnancy Trimesters
Stillbirth
Urine
Womens health
Young Adult
Zika Virus
Zika Virus - isolation & purification
Zika Virus Infection
Zika Virus Infection - complications
Zika Virus Infection - epidemiology
Brazil
Martinique
French Guiana
France
United States > US
Guadeloupe
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Summary:Zika virus was recently linked to birth defects, especially microcephaly. In this report from French territories in the Americas, the rate of birth defects possibly associated with intrapartum Zika virus infection was found to be 7%.
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa1709481