ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2018
Unilateral Phrenic Nerve Palsy in Infants with Congenital Zika Syndrome.
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- Time to Evaluate the Clinical Repercussions of Zika Virus Vertical Transmission? A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Zika virus infection as a cause of congenital brain abnormalities and Guillain-Barré syndrome: A living systematic review.F1000Research · 2019Pooled it
- Diaphragmatic Eventration Caused by SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A Virus Infection: Two Case Reports.Infection and drug resistance · 2025Article
- Virus as Teratogenic Agents.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024Article
- Causes of death in children with congenital Zika syndrome in Brazil, 2015 to 2018: A nationwide record linkage study.PLoS medicine · 2023Article
- Diaphragmatic paralysis: Evaluation in infants with congenital Zika syndrome.Birth defects research · 2019Article
- Evaluation of a Rapid Immunochromatographic Assay and Two Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for Detection of IgM-Class Antibodies to Zika Virus.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2019Article
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10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Since the first identification of neonatal microcephaly cases associated with congenital Zika virus infection in Brazil in 2015, a distinctive constellation of clinical features of congenital Zika syndrome has been described. Fetal brain disruption sequence is hypothesized to underlie the devastating effects of the virus on the central nervous system. However, little is known about the effects of congenital Zika virus infection on the peripheral nervous system. We describe a series of 4 cases of right unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis in infants with congenital Zika syndrome suggesting peripheral nervous system involvement and Zika virus as a unique congenital infectious cause of this finding. All the patients described also had arthrogryposis (including talipes equinovarus) and died from complications related to progressive respiratory failure.
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