Congenital Zika syndrome phenotype in a child born in Brazil in December 2011

Katia E F A Coelho; Grasiele L C C Silva; Suely F Pinho; Alessandra L de Carvalho; Cristian M Petter; Ivar V Brandi

doi:10.1002/ccr3.1810

Congenital Zika syndrome phenotype in a child born in Brazil in December 2011

Clin Case Rep. 2018 Sep 12;6(11):2053-2056. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.1810. eCollection 2018 Nov.

Authors

Katia E F A Coelho¹, Grasiele L C C Silva², Suely F Pinho², Alessandra L de Carvalho², Cristian M Petter¹, Ivar V Brandi³

Affiliations

¹ Genetics Department Hospital Sarah Salvador Salvador Bahia Brazil.
² Pediatrics Department Hospital Sarah Salvador Salvador Bahia Brazil.
³ Neurology Department Hospital Sarah Salvador Salvador Bahia Brazil.

Abstract

We report a case of a Brazilian child born in 2011 with congenital Zika syndrome phenotype. Zika virus (ZIKV) may have been circulating in Brazil more than 4 years before the outbreak. ZIKV infection might be considered in children with this phenotype even without known circulation of ZIKV.

Keywords: Zika virus; congenital Zika syndrome; dengue; fetal brain disruption sequence; isochromosome X; microcephaly.

Publication types

Case Reports