In:

The New England Journal of Medicine

Authors:

Patrícia Brasil, M.D., Jose P. Pereira, Jr., M.D., Claudia Raja Gabaglia, M.D., Luana Damasceno, M.S., Mayumi Wakimoto, Ph.D., Rita M. Ribeiro Nogueira, M.D., Patrícia Carvalho de Sequeira, Ph.D., André Machado Siqueira, M.D., Liege M. Abreu de Carvalho, M.D., Denise Cotrim da Cunha, M.D., Guilherme A. Calvet, M.D., Elizabeth S. Neves, M.D., Maria E. Moreira, M.D., Ana E. Rodrigues Baião, M.D., Paulo R. Nassar de Carvalho, M.D., Carla Janzen, M.D., Stephanie G. Valderramos, M.D., James D. Cherry, M.D., Ana M. Bispo de Filippis, Ph.D., and Karin ielsen‑Saines, M.D.

Background

Zika virus (ZIKV) has been linked to neonatal microcephaly. To characterize the spectrum of ZIKV disease in pregnancy, we followed patients in Rio de Janeiro to describe clinical manifestations in mothers and repercussions of acute ZIKV infection in fetuses.

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