Rafael Dhalia

TL;DR: The origin and epidemic history of ZIKV in Brazil and the Americas remain poorly understood, despite the value of this information for interpreting observed trends in reported microcephaly and other birth defects as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported the preliminary results of a case-control study investigating the association between microcephaly and Zika virus infection during pregnancy in eight public hospitals in Recife, Brazil.

TL;DR: Analyses of viral genomes with ecological and epidemiological data yield an estimate that ZikV was present in northeast Brazil by February 2014 and is likely to have disseminated from there, nationally and internationally, before the first detection of ZIKV in the Americas.

TL;DR: Preliminary data suggest that severe congenital abnormalities are linked to Zika virus infection, and affected nations need to prepare to provide complex and costly multidisciplinary care that children diagnosed with this new congenital syndrome will require.

TL;DR: Evidence is provided of the absence of an effect of other potential factors, such as exposure to pyriproxyfen or vaccines (tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis, measles and rubella) during pregnancy, confirming the findings of an ecological study of pyri proxyfen in Pernambuco and previous studies on the safety of Tdap vaccine administration during pregnancy.