Zika virus infection (ZIKV): clinical features

Evidence-based neurology checklist on zika virus infection (zikv): clinical features: Brain abnormalities Microcephaly White matter calcifications Dysgenesis of the corpus callosum and cerebellar vermis Ventriculomegaly Enlarged cisterna magna Cerebral atrophy Cerebellar hypoplasia Lissencephaly…

Brain abnormalities

  • Microcephaly
  • White matter calcifications
  • Dysgenesis of the corpus callosum and cerebellar vermis
  • Ventriculomegaly
  • Enlarged cisterna magna
  • Cerebral atrophy
  • Cerebellar hypoplasia
  • Lissencephaly
  • Hydrocephalus

Central neurological features

Peripheral neurological features

Ocular features

Systemic features

Differential diagnosis

References

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  2. Melo AS, Aguiar RS, Amorim MM, et al. Congenital zika virus infection: beyond neonatal microcephaly. JAMA Neurol 2016; 73:1407-1416.
  3. van der Linden V, de Lima Petribu NC, Pessoa A, et al. Association of severe hydrocephalus with congenital zika syndrome. JAMA Neurol 2018; doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2018.3553 (Epub ahead of print).
  4. Jucá E, Pessoa A, Ribeiro E, et al. Hydrocephalus associated to congenital Zika syndrome: does shunting improve clinical features? Childs Nerv Syst 2018; 34:101-106. 
  5. Carteaux G, Maquart M, Bedet A, et al. Zika virus associated meningoencephalitis. N Engl J Med 2016; 374:1595-1596. 
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