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Possible Congenital Zika Syndrome in Older Children Due to Earlier Circulation of Zika Virus.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Sept 2018
Chu Victoria, Petersen Lyle R, Moore Cynthia A, Meaney-Delman Dana, Nelson Gregg, Christian Sonne D, Dodge Nancy N, Glaser Carol, Rasmussen Sonja A
Abstract excerpt
Congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) was identified following a large Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak in Brazil in 2015. Two children with clinical presentations consistent with CZS, ages 7 and 8 years old, are described. Both mothers lived in Cambodia, a region with known ZIKV, during their pregnancies and reported fever and rash in the second trimester. The infants were born with severe microcephaly. Testing for...
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