Zika Virus IgG in Infants with Microcephaly, Guinea-Bissau, 2016
- Maiken Worsøe Rosenstierne
- Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer
- Fernanda Bruzadelli
- Asson Có
- Placido Cardoso
- Charlotte Sværke Jørgensen
- Johan Michiels
- Leo Heyndrickx
- Kevin K. Ariën
- Thea Kølsen Fischer
- Anders Fomsgaard
Publication date
May 2018
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ISSN
1080-6040 Journal
Emerging Infectious Diseases Citation count (estimate)
3Abstract
We analyzed blood samples from infants born with microcephaly and their mothers in Guinea-Bissau in 2016 for pathogens associated with birth defects. No Zika virus RNA was detected, but Zika virus IgG was highly prevalent. We recommend implementing pathogen screening of infants with congenital defects in Guinea-Bissau
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