Population-based surveillance of severe microcephaly and congenital Zika syndrome in Canada.

Shaun K MorrisDaniel S FarrarSteven P MillerMarianna OfnerAri BitnunChantal R M NelsonMichael ShevellAideen M MooreJoanne TatarynJane A EvansAmy R ZipurskyCharlotte Moore Hepburn

Published in: Archives of disease in childhood (2021)

Severe microcephaly and CZS are both rare in Canada. Minimum incidence rates can be used as a baseline against which novel or re-emergent causes of severe microcephaly or CZS can be compared.

Keyphrases

zika virus
intellectual disability
early onset
dengue virus
public health
risk factors
autism spectrum disorder
case report