Evidence of Zika virus circulation in asymptomatic pregnant women in Northeast, Brazil.
Rebeca Costa Castelo BrancoPatricia BrasilJosélio Maria Galvão AraújoFlávia Oliveira CardosoZulmira Silva BatistaValéria Maria Souza LeitãoMarcos Antonio Custódio Neto da SilvaLailson Oliveira de CastroJoanna Gardel ValverdeSelma Maria Bezerra JeronimoJosélia Alencar LimaRaimunda Ribeiro da SilvaMaria do Carmo Lacerda BarbosaLuciane Maria Oliveira BritoMarcelo Antônio Pascoal XavierMaria do Desterro Soares Brandão NascimentoPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2021)
Asymptomatic ZIKV infection is frequent, but it was not associated to morphological and/or psychomotor abnormalities in the newborns up to 6 months post-birth. Although pathological abnormalities were not observed at birth, we cannot rule out the long term impact of apparent asymptomatic congenital ZIKV infection.