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ArticleOphthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina2019

Overlapping Spectrum of Retinochoroidal Scarring in Congenital Zika Virus and Toxoplasmosis Infections.

Irena Tsui, Luiza M Neves, Kristina Adachi, Stephanie L Gaw, Jose Paulo Pereira, Patricia Brasil, Karin Nielsen-Saines, Maria Elisabeth Lopes Moreira, Andrea A Zin

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Article in Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Irena Tsui
Luiza M Neves
Kristina Adachi
Stephanie L Gaw
Jose Paulo Pereira
Patricia Brasil
Karin Nielsen-Saines
Maria Elisabeth Lopes Moreira
Andrea A Zin
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz · BRUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Naturally-Acquired and Vaccine-Mediated Immunity to LeptospirosisR01AI121207 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI KO, ALBERT ICKSANG, REIS, MITERMAYER GALVAO DOS · 2016 to 2020
$6.4M
Genetic evolution, pathogenesis and immune responses in mother to child transmission of ZIKVR01AI140718 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI CHENG, GENHONG, JUNG, JAE U · 2018 to 2022
$3.8M
Viral kinetics, immunity and transmission of ZIKV: an exploratory analysis in preparation for vaccine developmentR21AI129534 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI BRASIL, PATRICIA, NIELSEN, KARIN · 2017 to 2018
$378k
Opthalmic Manifestations of Congenital Zika Virus InfectionR21EY028318 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI BRASIL, PATRICIA, NIELSEN, KARIN · 2017 to 2018
$373k
NEI NIH HHS R21 EY028318NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI121207NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI140718NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI129534
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectiveAntenatal Zika virus (ZIKV) or toxoplasmosis infections may present with isolated eye abnormalities with absence of other apparent birth defects. The purpose of this article is to discuss the overlapping spectrum of clinical presentation and retinochoroidal scarring in congenital ZIKV and toxoplasmosis infections. PATIENTS AND

methodsPrenatal ultrasound abnormalities seen from antenatal ZIKV and toxoplasmosis infections overlap and may include intracranial calcifications, microcephaly, and intrauterine growth restriction. The clinical spectrum of both infections in less severely affected infants and children may include nonspecific neurological impairment such as developmental delay and seizures.

resultsInherent limitations in serological testing pose additional barriers in establishing a diagnosis. Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) mottling in ZIKV infection can occur in isolation or adjacent to retinochoroidal atrophy. In contrast, RPE mottling outside of the borders of retinochoroidal atrophy is not typically seen in toxoplasmosis. To date, postnatal reactivation of congenital eye lesions as seen in toxoplasmosis have not been reported with ZIKV infection.

conclusionsAs children infected with congenital ZIKV grow older, subclinical eye abnormalities may be indistinguishable from toxoplasmosis. Brazil has had high prevalence of both diseases with long-term information available on toxoplasmosis only. Surveillance guidelines for asymptomatic eye abnormalities will likely evolve. [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2019;50:779-784.].

Indexed as

Pregnancy Complications, InfectiousChild, PreschoolChorioretinitisCicatrixEye Infections, ParasiticEye Infections, ViralFemaleHumansInfantMicrocephalyPregnancyToxoplasmosis, CongenitalZika Virus Infection

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PMCPMC7247911
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