Zika Virus IgG in Infants with Microcephaly, Guinea-Bissau, 2016

We analyzed blood samples from infants born with microcephaly and their mothers in Guinea-Bissau in 2016 for pathogens associated with birth defects. No Zika virus RNA was detected, but Zika virus IgG was highly prevalent. We recommend implementing pathogen screening of infants with congenital defects in Guinea-Bissau.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Emerging infectious diseases - 24(2018), 5 vom: 23. Mai, Seite 948-950

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rosenstierne, Maiken Worsøe [VerfasserIn]
Schaltz-Buchholzer, Frederik [VerfasserIn]
Bruzadelli, Fernanda [VerfasserIn]
Có, Asson [VerfasserIn]
Cardoso, Placido [VerfasserIn]
Jørgensen, Charlotte Sværke [VerfasserIn]
Michiels, Johan [VerfasserIn]
Heyndrickx, Leo [VerfasserIn]
Ariën, Kevin K [VerfasserIn]
Fischer, Thea Kølsen [VerfasserIn]
Fomsgaard, Anders [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Viral
Birth defects
CMV
Congenital CMV
Congenital infections
Cytomegalovirus
Guinea-Bissau
Herpes simplex virus
Immunoglobulin G
Infants
Journal Article
Microcephaly
Parvovirus B19
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Rubella virus
TORCH
Toxoplasma gondii
Treponema pallidum
Varicella-zoster virus
Vector-borne infections
Viruses
Zika virus

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Date Completed 22.02.2019

Date Revised 22.02.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3201/eid2405.180153

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM283126914