Zika virus infection (ZIKV): management

Evidence-based neurology checklist on zika virus infection (zikv): management: Microbiological diagnosis Serology Real time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain: features Preventative management Investigational treatments

Microbiological diagnosis

  • Serology
  • Real time polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain: features

Preventative management

Investigational treatments

References

  1. de Paula Freitas B, de Oliveira Dias JR, Prazeres J, et al. Ocular findings in infants with microcephaly associated with presumed zika virus congenital infection in Salvador, Brazil. JAMA Ophthalmol 2016; doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2016.0267 (Epub ahead of print).
  2. Plourde AR, Bloch EM. A literature review of Zika virus. Emerg Infect Dis 2016; 22:1185-1192.
  3. França GV, Schuler-Faccini L, Oliveira WK, et al. Congenital Zika virus syndrome in Brazil: a case series of the first 1501 livebirths with complete investigation. Lancet 2016; 388:891-897.
  4. de Fatima Vasco Aragao M, van der Linden V, Brainer-Lima AM, et al. Clinical features and neuroimaging (CT and MRI) findings in presumed Zika virus related congenital infection and microcephaly: retrospective case series study. BMJ 2016; 353:i1901.
  5. Fontes CA, Dos Santos AA, Marchiori E. Magnetic resonance imaging findings in Guillain-Barré syndrome caused by Zika virus infection. Neuroradiology 2016; 58:837-838.
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