Presumed congenital infection by Zika virus: findings on psychomotor development - a case report

• Main Authors: Ana Carla Gomes Botelho (Author), Luana Valeriano Neri (Author), Marina Queiroz Ferreira da Silva (Author), Thaisa Teixeira de Lima (Author), Karla Gonçalves dos Santos (Author), Raysa Mayara Araújo da Cunha (Author), Alessandra Carolina de Santana Chagas (Author), Nauane de Oliveira Lima (Author), Ariádne Dias Maux Gonçalves (Author), Marcela Raquel de Oliveira Lima (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction: the identification of Zika virus (ZikV) in the amniotic fluid, in the placenta and in newborns' brains suggests a neurotropism of this agent in the brain development, resulting in neuro-psycho-motor alterations. Thus, this present study reports the assessment of children...