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Perinatal characteristics and longer-term outcomes in Brazilian children with confirmed or suspected congenital Zika infection: ZIKAction Paediatric Registry

de Siquiera I.C, de Almeida B.L, Lage MLC, Serra L, Carvalho A,

de Lima M.M, Góes MDFN, Crispim MDSIN, da Costa Pereira MM,

Costa BGG, Bailey H, Byrne T, Giaquinto C, Fernandes G, Ruiz-Burga E, & Thorne C

Published in: Dialogues in Health, 2, 100104

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SARS-CoV-2 infections in infants in Haiti 2020– 2021; evidence from a seroepidemiological cohort

Louis R, Pu R, Logan TD, Trimmer-Smith L, Chamblain R,

Gallagher A, Beau De Rochars V M, Nelson E T,

Cummings DA, Long MT, & Morris Jr JG

Published in: PLOS ONE

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Detection of Potential Arbovirus Infections and Pregnancy Complications in Pregnant Women in Jamaica Using a Smartphone App (ZIKApp): Pilot Evaluation Study

Ruiz-Burga E, Bruijning-Verhagen P, Palmer P, Sandcroft A,  Fernandes G, de Hoog M, Bryan L, Pierre R, Bailey H, Giaquinto C, Thorne C, Christie CDC, ZIKAction Consortium

 

There is growing evidence of the benefits of mobile health technology, which include symptom tracking apps for research, surveillance, and prevention. No study has yet addressed arbovirus symptom tracking in pregnancy

Published in JMIR Formative Research

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Severity and Outcomes of Dengue in Hospitalized Jamaican Children in 2018-2019 during an Epidemic Surge in the Americas

A Lue, M Richards-Dawson,
G Gordon-Strachan, S Kodilinye, J
Dunkley-Thompson, T James-Powell, C Pryce, C Mears,
J Anzinger, K Webster-Kerr and C Christie

 

In 2019, dengue was among the “top-ten threats to global health,” with 3.1 million cases reported from the Americas, the highest ever. Simultaneously, Jamaica reported its largest dengue outbreak in 40 years, following Chikungunya and Zika virus epidemics, in 2014 and 2016–2017, respectively. We describe dengue in children admitted to five hospitals in Jamaica during August 2018 through September 2019.

Published in Frontiers in Medicine

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ZIKAction paediatric registry: maternal characteristics and clinical, radiological, and follow-up features of children born with congenital zika infection in brazil

By B.L de Almeida, I.C de Siqueira, M.L.C Lage, L.S Lopes, A.L de Carvalho, M.M de Lima, M.d.F.N Goes, M.N Crispim, B.G.G Costa, C Giaquinto, G Fernandes, E Ruiz-Burga, C Thorne on belhaf of Zikaction consortium

 

In 2015, Brazil experienced an unexpected increase in newborns with microcephaly. Subsequently, the association between microcephaly and Congenital Zika Infection (CZI) was confirmed.

Presented at WSPID 2022. View presentation slides

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Antenatal Seroprevalence of Zika and Chikungunya Viruses, Kingston Metropolitan Area, Jamaica, 2017–2019

J.J. Anzinger, C.D. Mears, A.E. Ades, K Francis, Y Phillips, Y.E. Leys, M.J. Spyer, D Brown, A.M.B.d Filippis, E Nastouli, T Byrne, H Bailey, P Palmer, L Bryan, K Webster-Kerr, C Giaquinto, C Thorne, C.D.C. Christie, and on behalf of the ZIKAction Consortium

To determine the extent of exposure to Zika virus (ZIKV) and chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in Jamaica, we collected serum from 584 pregnant women during 2017–2019. We found that 15.6% had antibodies against ZIKV and 83.6% against CHIKV. These results indicate potential recirculation of ZIKV but not CHIKV in the near future.

Published in Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal

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Causes of Microcephaly in the Zika Era in Argentina: A Retrospective Study

By G Berberian, R Bologna, MG Pérez, A Mangano, PhD, M Costa, MSc, S Calligaris, MA Morales, C Rugilo, E Ruiz-Burga, C Thorne

 

There are gaps in understanding the causes and consequences of microcephaly. This paper describes the epidemiological characteristics, clinical presentations, and etiologies of children presenting microcephaly during the Zika outbreak in Argentina. This observational retrospective study conducted in the pediatric hospital of Juan P. Garrahan reviewed the medical records of 40 children presenting microcephaly between March 2017 and November 2019. The majority (60%) were males and born full-term. At first evaluation, microcephaly was defined as congenital (31/40, 77%) and associated with other features (68%) such as seizures, developmental delay, non-progressive chronic encephalopathy, and West Syndrome. It was found manifestations restricted to central nervous system (55%), ocular (8/40, 20%), and acoustic (9/40, 23%) defects, and abnormal neuroimaging findings (31/39, 79%). Non-infectious diseases were the primary cause of isolated microcephaly (21/37, 57%), largely related to genetic diseases (13/21, 62%). Only 3 were children were diagnosed with Congenital Zika infection (3/16, 7.5%).

Published in Sage Journals

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Health outcomes of children born/suspected with ZIKV: Protocol for the ZIKAction Paediatric Registry in Latin America and the Caribbean

By E Ruiz-Burga, IC de Siqueira, R Melbourne-Chambers , R Maria, CDC Christie, G Berberian, A Soriano-Arandes, H Bailey, P Palmer, A Oletto, B Lima, MLC Lage, C Giaquinto, C Thorne

 

Although the number of Zika virus (ZIKV) cases has substantially declined in Latin America and the Caribbean since the 2015-2016 outbreaks, the cohort of children born at that time and affected by congenital zika syndrome (CZS) are now around 4-5 years old and experiencing an ongoing impact on their health and development. Gaps in our understanding remain regarding the outcomes of ZIKV exposure in utero and congenital infection and the consequences of congenital zika syndrome (CZS) for health throughout childhood.

Published in Research square 2021 Aug 4

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