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. 2016 May 17;164(10):689-91.
doi: 10.7326/M16-0332. Epub 2016 Feb 24.

Emergence of Congenital Zika Syndrome: Viewpoint From the Front Lines

Federico Costa, Manoel Sarno, Ricardo Khouri, Bruno de Paula Freitas, Isadora Siqueira, Guilherme S Ribeiro, Hugo C Ribeiro, Gubio S Campos, Luiz C Alcântara, Mitermayer G Reis, Scott C Weaver, Nikos Vasilakis, Albert I Ko, Antonio Raimundo Almeida

Emergence of Congenital Zika Syndrome: Viewpoint From the Front Lines

Federico Costa et al. Ann Intern Med. .
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Distribution of incident cases of microcephaly among Brazilian newborns, according to epidemiologic week and geographic region from 15 November 2015 to 16 January 2016. From the Brazilian Ministry of Health.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Cumulative cases of microcephaly according to federal state from 15 November 2015 to 16 January 2016. From the Brazilian Ministry of Health.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Computed tomography, reconstructed in the coronal oblique plane, of a newborn with microcephaly. Craniofacial dysmorphism, subcortical and basal ganglia calcifications, simplified gyral pattern, ventriculomegaly, and dysgenesis of the corpus callosum are seen.
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