ReviewThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2019
A Review of Hearing Loss Associated with Zika, Ebola, and Lassa Fever.
Review in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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- The persistence and mortality of Lassa fever in Nigeria reflect systemic clinical and diagnostic challenges rather than viral reemergence alone.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2026Article
- Vaccination for prevention of hearing loss: a scoping review.Communications medicine · 2025Article
- Risk of Hearing Loss in Neonates and Toddlers with in Utero Exposure to SARS-CoV-2.The Laryngoscope · 2025Article
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- Lassa Fever Natural History and Clinical Management.Current topics in microbiology and immunology · 2023Article
- Pathophysiology and mechanisms of hearing impairment related to neonatal infection diseases.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Review
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- The prevalence of Post-Ebola Syndrome hearing loss, Sierra Leone.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Sox2 overexpression alleviates noise-induced hearing loss by inhibiting inflammation-related hair cell apoptosis.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2022Article
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- Implications of Innate Immunity in Post-Acute Sequelae of Non-Persistent Viral Infections.Cells · 2021Review
- Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Mild COVID-19: Case Series and Analysis of the Literature.Audiology research · 2021Article
- Lassa Fever Induced Hearing Loss: The Neglected Disability of Hemorrhagic Fever.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2020Article
- Zika virus can directly infect and damage the auditory and vestibular components of the embryonic chicken inner ear.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2020Article
- Women's Health Perceptions and Beliefs Related to Zika Virus Exposure during the 2016 Outbreak in Northern Brazil.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
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Abstract
The neglected tropical diseases Zika, Ebola, and Lassa fever (LF) have all been noted to cause some degree of hearing loss (HL). Hearing loss is a chronic disability that can lead to a variety of detrimental effects, including speech and language delays in children, decreased economic productivity in adults, and accelerated cognitive decline in older adults. The objective of this review is to summarize what is known regarding HL secondary to these viruses. Literature for this review was gathered using the PubMed database. Articles were excluded if there were no data of the respective viruses, postinfectious complications, or conditions related to survivorship. A total of 50 articles were included in this review. Fourteen articles discussing Zika virus and subsequent complications were included. Across these studies, 56 (21.2%) of 264 Zika-infected individuals were found to have HL. Twenty-one articles discussing Ebola virus and subsequent complications were included, with 190 (5.7%) of 3,350 Ebola survivors found to have HL. Fifteen additional articles discussing LF and subsequent complications were included. Of 926 individuals with LF, 79 (8.5%) were found to have HL. These results demonstrate a relationship between HL and infection. The true prevalence is likely underestimated, however, because of lack of standardization of reporting and measurement. Future studies of viral sequelae would benefit from including audiometric evaluation. This information is critical to understanding pathophysiology, preventing future cases of this disability, and improving quality of life after survival of infection.
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