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ArticleMedicine2017

Cerebral injuries associated with Zika virus in utero exposure in children without birth defects in French Guiana: Case report.

Arthur Felix, Edouard Hallet, Anne Favre, Rémi Kom-Tchameni, Antoine Defo, Olivier Fléchelles, Jean-Marc Rosenthal, Maylis Douine, Mathieu Nacher, Narcisse Elenga

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Article in Medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Virus as Teratogenic Agents.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024
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  6. Characterization of Placental Infection by Zika Virus in Humans: A Review of the Literature.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2020
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  7. Zika virus and the nonmicrocephalic fetus: why we should still worry.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Arthur FelixDepartment of Pediatrics, Andrée Rosemon Hospital Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane CIC INSERM 1424 Department of Neonatal Pediatrics and Intensive Care, Andrée Rosemon Hospital, Cayenne, French Guiana Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, MFME Hospital, Fort de France, Martinique Neonatal Intensive Care, Pointe à Pitre Hospital, Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe, France.
Edouard Hallet
Anne Favre
Rémi Kom-Tchameni
Antoine Defo
Olivier Fléchelles
Jean-Marc Rosenthal
Maylis Douine
Mathieu Nacher
Narcisse Elenga
Clinical Investigation Center Plurithematic Tours · FRCentre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles GuyaneCentre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon · GFCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Martinique · MQ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleA major epidemic of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection occurred in French Guiana and West Indies. French national epidemiological surveillance estimated that 1650 pregnant women contracted the ZIKV during epidemic period from January 2016 to October 2016 in French Guiana. PATIENT CONCERNS: ZIKV infection during pregnancy is a cause of microcephaly and birth defects. DIAGNOSES: In this report, we describe 2 children with proven in utero ZIKV exposure. Their mothers were both symptomatic and ZIKV infection occurred early in pregnancy. Ultrasonography monitoring in utero did not show any abnormality for both patient. They were born at full-term, healthy, without any birth defects and no sign of congenital ZIKV infection.

interventionsZIKV was neither found on placenta fragments nor children blood and urine at birth. Their neurodevelopment outcomes in early-life fitted the expectations. As recommended in national guidelines, we performed cerebral MRIs at 2 months old, showing severe brain abnormalities, especially of white matter areas. After a large screening, we did not find any differential diagnosis for their brain lesions. OUTCOMES: We concluded it was due to their in utero ZIKV exposure. LESSONS: In this report, pathogenicity of ZIKV may involve mother's immunological response or metabolic disorder during the infection.

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AdultBrain InjuriesCesarean SectionChild DevelopmentFemaleFollow-Up StudiesFrench GuianaHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMagnetic Resonance ImagingMalePregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsRisk Assessment

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PMID29390455
PMCPMC5758157
OpenAlexW2779505919

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