Identifying possible inaccuracy in reported birth head circumference measurements among infants in the US Zika Pregnancy and Infant Registry.
Nicole M RothKate R WoodworthEsther M EllisAugustina M DelaneySamantha M OlsonJohn F NahabedianMegan R ReynoldsAbbey M JonesVarsha NeelamMiguel Valencia-PradoCamille Delgado-LópezEllen H LeeEsther M EllisHeather Lake-BurgerJulius L TonzelCathleen A HigginsRonna L ChanVan T TongSuzanne M GilboaJanet D CraganMargaret A HoneinCynthia A MoorePublished in: Birth defects research (2022)
About one-third of infants in USZPIR with Zika-associated birth defects had only microcephaly, but indications of possible measurement inaccuracy were common. Implementation of this schema in longitudinal studies can reduce misclassification of microcephaly.