The Challenge of Assessing Microcephaly in the Context of the Zika Virus Epidemic | Zendy

Llorenç Quintó | Zendy; Alberto L. GarcíaBasteiro | Zendy; Azucena Bardají | Zendy; Raquel González | Zendy; Norma Padilla | Zendy; Flor Ernestina Martínez-Espinosa | Zendy; Myriam ArévaloHerrera | Zendy; Eusébio Macete | Zendy; Clara Menéndez | Zendy

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The Challenge of Assessing Microcephaly in the Context of the Zika Virus Epidemic

Author(s) -

Llorenç Quintó,

Alberto L. GarcíaBasteiro,

Azucena Bardají,

Raquel González,

Norma Padilla,

Flor Ernestina Martínez-Espinosa,

Myriam ArévaloHerrera,

Eusébio Macete,

Clara Menéndez

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of tropical pediatrics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.464

H-Index - 51

eISSN - 1465-3664

pISSN - 0142-6338

DOI - 10.1093/tropej/fmx015

Subject(s) - microcephaly , zika virus , context (archaeology) , medicine , outbreak , pediatrics , anthropometry , virology , geography , virus , archaeology

The present article examines the impact of the current limitations of the microcephaly definition in the context of the Zika virus outbreak. It highlights its dependence on the method used for determining gestational age and other anthropometric parameters, and includes original results of prevalence of microcephaly in four countries from two different continents (Mozambique, Brazil, Guatemala and Colombia). Alternative definitions of microcephaly are proposed to allow the identification of true cases of microcephaly in a more accurate manner.

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