Congenital abnormalities associated with Zika virus infection-Dengue as potential co-factor? A systematic review.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Stephanie Petzold, Nisreen Agbaria, Andreas Deckert, Peter Dambach, Volker Winkler, Jan Felix Drexler, Olaf Horstick, Thomas Jaenisch
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Prisma
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008984; https://doaj.org/article/f426cfc5b53d4bf6948a5134f7aaf16b

Zika virus (ZIKV) emerged in Brazil during 2013-2014 causing an epidemic of previously unknown congenital abnormalities. The frequency of severe congenital abnormalities after maternal ZIKV infection revealed an unexplained geographic variability, especially between the Northeast and the rest of Bra...