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ArticlePediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)2017

Does Zika virus infection induce prolonged remissions in children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome?

Carolina Peralta-Aros, Víctor García-Nieto

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Article in Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Zika virus infection and implications for kidney disease.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Carolina Peralta-ArosHospital Uyapar, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. carolinaperalt@gmail.com.
Víctor García-NietoPediatric Nephrology Service, Hospital Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundZika is an emerging mosquito-borne flavivirus. We report two pediatric patients diagnosed with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome who achieved complete remission of the disease after suffering Zika virus (ZIKV) infection. CASE DIAGNOSIS/TREATMENT: The first patient was a young girl aged 2.5 years with steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome who was subsequently diagnosed with ZIKV infection. Following the infection, the steroid dose could be reduced until complete withdrawal. The patient persists in complete remission. The second patient was a steroid-resistant boy aged 7 years who was scheduled for a renal biopsy when he was diagnosed with ZIKV infection. A week after the recovery phase of the acute rash, proteinuria was noted to be gradually falling. Today, 12 months later, he is in complete remission of the disease.

conclusionsWe are aware that the improvement observed in our two patients after ZIKV infection may be be random. However, it is also possible that future studies will discover that ZIKV infection has some effect on the cellular immune system similar to that of measles infection.

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ChildFemaleHumansInfantKidney Function TestsMaleNephrotic SyndromeSteroidsTreatment OutcomeZika VirusZika Virus InfectionSteroidsFlavivirusIdiopathic nephrotic syndromeViral infectionsZika virus infection

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