International prospective observational cohort study of Zika in infants and pregnancy (ZIP study): study protocol

• Main Authors: Jill F. Lebov (Author), Juan F. Arias (Author), Angel Balmaseda (Author), William Britt (Author), José F. Cordero (Author), Luiz Augusto Galvão (Author), Ana Lucía Garces (Author), K. Michael Hambidge (Author), Eva Harris (Author), Albert Ko (Author), Nancy Krebs (Author), Ernesto T. A. Marques (Author), Alexander M. Martinez (Author), Elizabeth McClure (Author), Democrito B. Miranda-Filho (Author), Maria Elisabeth Lopes Moreira (Author), Marisa M. Mussi-Pinhata (Author), Theresa J. Ochoa (Author), Jorge E. Osorio (Author), Deolinda M. F. Scalabrin (Author), Stacey Schultz-Cherry (Author), George R. Seage (Author), Kristen Stolka (Author), César Augusto Ugarte-Gil (Author), Carmen Milagros Velez Vega (Author), Michael Welton (Author), Ricardo Ximenes (Author), Carmen Zorrilla (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Until recently, Zika virus (ZIKV) infections were considered mild and self-limiting. Since 2015, they have been associated with an increase in microcephaly and other birth defects in newborns. While this association has been observed in case reports and epidemiological studies, t...