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Microcephaly in Australian children, 2016-2018: national surveillance study.
Archives of disease in childhood - 1 Sept 2021
Nunez Carlos, Morris Anne, Jones Cheryl A, Badawi Nadia, Baynam Gareth, Hansen Michele, Elliott Elizabeth J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To describe infants aged <12 months reported with microcephaly to the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) following emergence of Zika virus infection internationally. DESIGN, SETTING AND PATIENTS: National, active, monthly surveillance for microcephaly using the APSU. Microcephaly was defined as occipitofrontal circumference (OFC) of more than 2 SDs below the mean for age, gender and...
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