Microcephaly in Infants, Pernambuco State, Brazil, 2015

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Corporate Authors:
  Microcephaly Epidemic Research Group1
• Description:
  We studied the clinical characteristics for 104 infants born with microcephaly in the delivery hospitals of Pernambuco State, Brazil, during 2015. Testing is ongoing to exclude known infectious causes. However, microcephaly peaked in October and demonstrated central nervous system abnormalities with brain dysgenesis and intracranial calcifications consistent with an intrauterine infection.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Female History, 21st Century Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Microcephaly/diagnosis Microcephaly/epidemiology Microcephaly/etiology Microcephaly/history Population Surveillance Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious Seasons Tomography, X-Ray Computed Young Adult Zika Virus Zika Virus Infection/complications

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(6):1090-1093.
• Pubmed ID:
  27071041
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4880105
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Expedited
• Place as Subject:
  Brazil
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:53b9b7b6a90d864da1e714955bf6e2032a77167e3b134b2c70f6b5bc1503da16
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/39706/cdc_39706_DS1.pdf
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