Cerebral infarction due to Zika virus

Affiliations

¹ Division of Fetal and Transitional Medicine, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, United States; Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, United States; Department of Neurology, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, United States. Electronic address: sbmulkey@childrensnational.org.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, United States; Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, United States; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, United States.
³ Division of Fetal and Transitional Medicine, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, United States; Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, United States; Department of Neurology, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, United States.

Comment

Sarah B Mulkey et al. J Neurol Sci. 2018.

. 2018 Apr 15:387:109-110.

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2018.01.032. Epub 2018 Jan 31.

¹ Division of Fetal and Transitional Medicine, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, United States; Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, United States; Department of Neurology, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, United States. Electronic address: sbmulkey@childrensnational.org.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, United States; Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, United States; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, United States.
³ Division of Fetal and Transitional Medicine, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, United States; Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, United States; Department of Neurology, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, United States.

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Keywords: Brain MRI; Cerebral infarct; Fetal brain; Pediatric stroke; Vasculitis; Zika virus.

Comment on

ZIKA vasculitis: A new cause of stroke in children?
Landais A, Césaire A, Fernandez M, Breurec S, Herrmann C, Delion F, Desprez P. Landais A, et al. J Neurol Sci. 2017 Dec 15;383:211-213. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.10.045. Epub 2017 Oct 27. J Neurol Sci. 2017. PMID: 29122294