Another piece of the Zika puzzle: assessing the associated factors to microcephaly in a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 20; no. 1; p. 827
• Main Authors: Gallo, Luciana Guerra, Martinez-Cajas, Jorge, Peixoto, Henry Maia, Pereira, Ana Carolina Esteves da Silva, Carter, Jillian E, McKeown, Sandra, Schaub, Bruno, Ventura, Camila V, de França, Giovanny Vinícius Araújo, Pomar, Léo, Ventura, Liana O, Nerurkar, Vivek R, de Araújo, Wildo Navegantes, Velez, Maria P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 01.06.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Age of Onset; Analysis; Asymptomatic infection; Births; Confidence intervals; Congenital disease; Diagnostic systems; Dissertations & theses; Editorials; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Female; Fetus - virology; Fetuses; Genetic disorders; Gestational age; Health aspects; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infection; Infections; Laboratories; Male; Medical diagnosis; Medical research; Meta-analysis; Microcephaly; Microcephaly - epidemiology; Microcephaly - physiopathology; Microencephaly; Neonates; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - physiopathology; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - virology; Pregnancy Trimesters; Prevalence; Prognosis; Quality; Reviews; Risk factors; Sex Factors; Studies; Systematic review; Vector-borne diseases; Viruses; Zika virus; Zika Virus - pathogenicity; Zika Virus Infection - epidemiology; Zika Virus Infection - physiopathology; Brazil; French Polynesia; Pregnancy; Congenital Zika syndrome; Systematic review; Zika virus; Microcephaly; Congenital disease; Risk factors

Although it is known that Zika virus (ZIKV) infection during pregnancy may lead to microcephaly in the fetus, the prognostic factors associated with this tragic disorder remain unclear. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the prognostic factors associated with the incidence...