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March 26, 2017 | Internal Medicine 1

By Maria de Fátima Viana Vasco Aragão

This ebook addresses crucial postnatal gains of Zika virus an infection, supplying very important details on its epidemiology, pathology, medical facets, imaging and laboratory diagnosis. Since the record of a Zika virus an infection epidemic in Northeastern Brazil in 2015, the area has paid shut realization to this emergent disorder. traditionally, this has been the 3rd outbreak of Zika an infection defined (preceded through outbreaks in Micronesia and French Polynesia), yet for the 1st time the organization with congenital microcephaly and different neurological co-morbidities in babies from girls contaminated with the Zika virus was once saw. due to the fact then, govt our bodies, public well-being firms, scientific societies and students have joined forces to appreciate this illness, and to advertise its prevention and management.

Currently, the connection among Zika virus and microcephaly is easily validated, in addition to the main attribute findings of congenital Zika syndrome (e.g. microcephaly, arthrogryposis, ophthalmologic and listening to abnormalities). additionally, the spectrum of the disease’s severity has broadened, with much less critical circumstances (without microcephaly) being lately famous. then again, there's at present a dearth of fabric on Zika virus an infection for general practitioner round the world.

Addressing that hole, Zika In concentration – Postnatal points aims to aid the scientific neighborhood around the globe by way of featuring an important positive factors of Zika virus an infection from a postnatal viewpoint. it truly is meant to all execs and researchers attracted to this situation, in particular paediatricians, radiologists and neurologists, delivering them a realistic advisor to spotting congenital Zika syndrome in its many facets and targeting the radiological development of lesions that may be came upon from the light to the main serious cases.

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