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ArticleDialogues in health2023

Perinatal characteristics and longer-term outcomes in Brazilian children with confirmed or suspected congenital Zika infection: ZIKAction Paediatric Registry.

Isadora Cristina de Siqueira, Breno Lima de Almeida, Maria Lucia Costa Lage, Leticia Serra, Alessandra Carvalho, Maricélia Maia de Lima, Maria de Fatima Neri Góes, Marília De Santa Inês Neri Crispim, Mirela Monteiro da Costa Pereira, Bernardo Gratival Gouvea Costa and 6 more

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Article in Dialogues in health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Association between congenital Zika syndrome and hospitalizations during early childhood: a nationwide cohort study.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Isadora Cristina de SiqueiraInstituto Gonçalo Moniz-Fiocruz, Rua Waldemar Falcão, 121, Candeal, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Breno Lima de AlmeidaInstituto Gonçalo Moniz-Fiocruz, Rua Waldemar Falcão, 121, Candeal, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Maria Lucia Costa LageInstituto Gonçalo Moniz-Fiocruz, Rua Waldemar Falcão, 121, Candeal, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Leticia SerraCentro de Prevenção e Reabilitação da Pessoa com Deficiência - Cepred, Av. Antônio Carlos Magalhães, S/N, Parque Bela Vista, 40279-700 Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Alessandra CarvalhoRede SARAH de Hospitais de Reabilitação, Av. Tancredo Neves, 2782 - Caminho das Árvores, 41820-900 Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Maricélia Maia de LimaUniversidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Avenida Transnordestina, s/n - Novo Horizonte, 44036-900 Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil.
Maria de Fatima Neri GóesInstituto Cegos da Bahia, R. São José de Baixo - Barbalho, 40300-770 Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Marília De Santa Inês Neri CrispimInstituto Cegos da Bahia, R. São José de Baixo - Barbalho, 40300-770 Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Mirela Monteiro da Costa PereiraInstituto Gonçalo Moniz-Fiocruz, Rua Waldemar Falcão, 121, Candeal, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Bernardo Gratival Gouvea CostaInstituto Gonçalo Moniz-Fiocruz, Rua Waldemar Falcão, 121, Candeal, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Heather BaileyUCL Institute for Global Health, University College London, Mortimer Market Centre, Capper street, London WC1 6JB, UK.
Thomas ByrneUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, GOSH NIHR BRC, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK.
Carlo GiaquintoDivision of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Department for Woman and Child Health, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 3, 35128 Padova, Italy.
Georgina FernandesUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, GOSH NIHR BRC, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK.
Elisa Ruiz-BurgaUCL Institute for Global Health, University College London, Mortimer Market Centre, Capper street, London WC1 6JB, UK.
Claire ThorneUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, GOSH NIHR BRC, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz · BRUniversity College London · GBInstituto Federal da Bahia · BRMortimer Market Centre · GBUniversidade Estadual de Feira de Santana · BRUniversity of Padua · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Despite growing scientific knowledge of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection, questions remain regarding ZIKV infection in pregnancy and congenital ZIKV syndrome (CZS). Methods: The ZIKAction Paediatric Registry is an international registry of children with documented ZIKV exposure in utero and/or with confirmed or suspected CZS. Its aim is to characterize these children (i.e., clinical, radiological, neurodevelopmental features) and describe outcomes, longer-term sequelae and management through retrospective case note review. This analysis described the maternal and perinatal characteristics of children in the Registry's Bahia arm, assessed their neuroimaging, ophthalmic, hearing and electroencephalography abnormalities by microcephaly classification and reported on hospitalisations. Children born in 2015-2018 and enrolled 2020-2021 in three public health facilities in Salvador were included. Results: Of 129 (57% female) children, 15 (11·6%) had laboratory-confirmed congenital ZIKV infection and 114 (88·4%) suspected CZS. At delivery, 15 (11·6%) were normocephalic, 30 (23·3%) moderately microcephalic, and 84 (65·1%) severely microcephalic. Median birth head circumference z-score was -3·51 [IQR, -4·69,-2·73]. During follow-up, all children had abnormal neuroimaging, 80·3% (94/117) abnormal electroencephalogram, 62·2% (77/120) ophthalmic abnormalities, and 27·4% (34/124) hearing impairment. Microcephaly classification was significantly associated with gestational age, and ophthalmological and electroencephalography abnormalities. Of 125 children with hospitalisation data, 52 (41·6%) had been hospitalised by most recent follow-up, at median age of 15·8 [4·0, 34·4] months; infections were the leading cause. Conclusion: Congenital ZIKV infection is an emerging disease with a varied and incompletely understood spectrum. Continued long-term follow-up is essential to understand longer-term prognosis and to inform future health and educational needs.

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Congenital Zika SyndromeMicrocephalyNeurodevelopmentZika Virus

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