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Zika Virus

Selected References:

  • Cardoso TF, et al. 2019. Congenital Zika infection: neurology can occur without microcephaly. Archives of Disease in Childhood 104:199-200.
  • Centeno-Tablante E, et al. 2021. Update on the transmission of Zika virus through breast milk and breastfeeding: a systematic review of the evidence. Viruses Jan 18;13(1):123.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2021. Zika and pregnancy. Available at URL: https://www.cdc.gov/pregnancy/zika/index.html.
  • Delaney A, et al. 2018. Population-based surveillance of birth defects potentially related to Zika virus infection — 15 states and U.S. territories, 2016. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2018;67:91–96.
  • Joguet G, et al. 2017. Effect of acute Zika virus infection on sperm and virus clearance in body fluids: a prospective observational study. Lancet Infect Dis 17(11):1200-1208.
  • Martins MM, et al. 2021.Fetal, neonatal, and infant outcomes associated with maternal Zika virus infection during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLOS ONE 16(2): e0246643.
  • Mercado-Reyes M, et al. 2021. Pregnancy, birth, infant, and early childhood neurodevelopmental outcomes among a cohort of women with symptoms of Zika virus disease during pregnancy in three surveillance sites, Project Vigilancia de Embarazadas con Zika (VEZ), Colombia, 2016–2018. Trop Med Infect. Dis 6(4),183.
  • Polen KD, et al. 2018. Update: interim guidance for preconception counseling and prevention of sexual transmission of Zika virus for men with possible Zika virus exposure – United States, August 2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2018 Aug 10;67(31):868-871.
  • Rasmussen SA, et al. 2016. Zika virus and birth defects – reviewing the evidence for causality. N Engl J Med 374:1981-1987.
  • Rice ME, et al. 2018. Vital signs: Zika-associated birth defects and neurodevelopmental abnormalities possibly associated with congenital Zika virus infection — U.S. territories and freely associated states, 2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2018;67:858-867.
  • Shapiro-Mendoza CK, et al. 2017. Pregnancy Outcomes After Maternal Zika Virus Infection During Pregnancy — U.S. Territories, January 1, 2016–April 25, 2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2017;66:615-621.
  • Smoots AN, et al. 2020. Population-based surveillance for birth defects potentially related to Zika virus infection — 22 states and territories, January 2016–June 2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2020;69:67–71.
  • World Health Organization. 2016. Infant feeding in areas of Zika virus transmission. Available at URL: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/WHO_ZIKV_MOC_16%205_eng.pdf.