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Ultraschall Med 2016; 37(02): 212-213
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-106006
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

A mild pathogen turned ugly: Zika virus and the case with microcephaly

Alexandros Sotiriadis
1   Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
,
Wellington P. Martins
2   University of Sao Paulo, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ribeirao Preto Medical School (FMRP-USP), Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
,
Jailson Costa Lima
1   Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
,
Kimon Chatzistamatiou
1   Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-bourne, dengue-like flavivirus (arbovirus), which has been causing transient outbreaks of mild, self-limited illness for about 70 years. Its recent notoriety has arisen from its association with Guillain-Barré syndrome in the general population and outbreak of babies with microcephaly in Brazil, particularly in the northeast region after September 2015 [1], [2].

 

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