Neurodevelopment of 24 children born in Brazil with congenital Zika syndrome in 2015: a case series study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the neurodevelopment of children with congenital Zika syndrome during the second year of life.

Design

Case series study.

Setting

Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira (IMIP), Pernambuco, Brazil.

Participants

24 children with congenital Zika syndrome born with microcephaly during the Zika outbreak in Brazil in 2015 and followed up at the IMIP during their second year of life.

Main outcome measure

Denver Developmental Screening Test II, head circumference and clinical neurological examination.

Results

All children presented neurodevelopmental delay: for an average chronological age of 19.9 months, language was equivalent to that of age 2.1 months, gross motor 2.7 months, fine motor/adaptive 3.1 months and p

SUBMITTER: Alves LV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6082469 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature