Zika Virus Infection and Associated Neurologic Disorders in Brazil

Zika Virus as a Cause of Neurologic Disorders.

Z virus infections have been known in Africa and Asia since the 1940s, but the virus’s geographic range has expanded dramatically since 2007. Between January 1, 2007, and March 1, 2016, local transmission was reported in an additional 52 countries and territories, mainly in the Americas and the western Pacific, but also in Africa and southeast Asia. Zika virus infections acquired by travelers v...

Severe Neurologic Disorders in 2 Fetuses with Zika Virus Infection, Colombia

We report the results of pathologic examinations of 2 fetuses from women in Colombia with Zika virus infection during pregnancy that revealed severe central nervous system defects and potential associated abnormalities of the eye, spleen, and placenta. Amniotic fluid and tissues from multiple fetal organs tested positive for Zika virus.

Zika Virus Infection after Returning from Thailand

Surveillance of Zika virus infection and microcephaly in Brazil

846 www.thelancet.com Vol 388 August 27, 2016 Zika virus has been spreading rapidly in Brazil and the Americas, with a sharp increase in the number of notifi ed microcephaly cases since September, 2015. Based on the high number of cases, and the association between Zika virus infection and microcephaly, WHO on Feb 1, 2016, declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Recently, a...

Possible Association Between Zika Virus Infection and Microcephaly - Brazil, 2015.

In early 2015, an outbreak of Zika virus, a flavivirus transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, was identified in northeast Brazil, an area where dengue virus was also circulating. By September, reports of an increase in the number of infants born with microcephaly in Zika virus-affected areas began to emerge, and Zika virus RNA was identified in the amniotic fluid of two women whose fetuses had been f...