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The Microcephaly Epidemic Research Group Paediatric Cohort (MERG-PC): A Cohort Profile.
Article in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Late-onset hearing loss was not observed among preschool- aged children with prenatal Zika virus exposure: An analysis of the Microcephaly Epidemic Research Group Pediatric Cohort (2015-2019).PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Characterization of 843 children with Zika-related microcephaly in the first three years of life: An individual participant data meta-analysis of 12 cohorts in the Zika Brazilian Cohorts consortium.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Feeding characteristics and growth among children with prenatal exposure to Zika virus with and without microcephaly in the microcephaly epidemic research group pediatric cohort.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
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- Characteristics of children of the Microcephaly Epidemic Research Group Pediatric Cohort who developed postnatal microcephaly.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
This cohort profile aims to describe the ongoing follow-up of children in the Microcephaly Epidemic Research Group Paediatric Cohort (MERG-PC). The profile details the context and aims of the study, study population, methodology including assessments, and key results and publications to date. The children that make up MERG-PC were born in Recife or within 120 km of the city, in Pernambuco/Brazil, the epicentre of the microcephaly epidemic. MERG-PC includes children from four groups recruited at different stages of the ZIKV microcephaly epidemic in Pernambuco, i.e., the Outpatient Group (OG/
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