Zika Virus Infection in Pregnant Women and Microcephaly

• Main Authors: Geraldo Duarte (Author), Antonio Fernandes Moron (Author), Artur Timerman (Author), César Eduardo Fernandes (Author), Corintio Mariani Neto (Author), Gutemberg Leão de Almeida Filho (Author), Heron Werner Junior (Author), Hilka Flavia Barra do Espírito Santo (Author), João Alfredo Piffero Steibel (Author), João Bortoletti Filho (Author), Juvenal Barreto Borriello de Andrade (Author), Marcelo Burlá (Author), Marcos Felipe Silva de Sá (Author), Newton Eduardo Busso (Author), Paulo César Giraldo (Author), Renato Augusto Moreira de Sá (Author), Renato Passini Junior (Author), Rosiane Mattar (Author), Rossana Pulcineli Vieira Francisco (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Federação Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract From the discovery of the Zika virus (ZIKV) in 1947 in Uganda (Africa), until its arrival in South America, it was not known that it would affect human reproductive life so severely. Today, damagetothe central nervous system is known to be multiple, and microcephaly is considered the tip of...