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Hearing loss in congenital Zika virus.
The recent article on ‘‘Hearing loss in congenital Zika virus’’ is very interesting.1 Leal et al. reported an interesting case of sensorineural hearing loss in a case of congenital Zika virus.1 In fact, it is no doubt that Zika virus can induce teratogenic effect and the main pathology is on the fetal neurological system. However, the myth is the exact mechanism underlying the hearing loss in t...
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In 2015, during the outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKV) in Brazil, we identified 3 cases of acute hearing loss after exanthematous illness. Serology yielded finding compatible with ZIKV as the cause of a confirmed (n = 1) and a probable (n = 2) flavivirus infection, indicating an association between ZIKV infection and transient hearing loss.
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Congenital infection with Zika virus causes microcephaly and other brain abnormalities (1). Hearing loss associated with other congenital viral infections is well described; however, little is known about hearing loss in infants with congenital Zika virus infection. A retrospective assessment of a series of 70 infants aged 0-10 months with microcephaly and laboratory evidence of Zika virus infe...
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Zika virus (ZIKV) has been on the agenda of virologists since many years already. Laboratories dealing with imported tropical diseases consider ZIKV infection among the differential diagnoses in cases of fever after travel to tropical Africa and Asia. The confirmation of autochthonous cases of this Old World flavivirus infection in Brazil in May 2015 was however surprising [1]. Already one mont...
متن کاملFrequency of Profound Congenital Hearing Loss in Healthy Newborn Infants in Fars Province
Introduction Deafness is one of the most important sensory disturbances at birth. Hearing loss can affect the development of speaking and learning during life. Early diagnosis and intervention improve language outcome. The current study aimed to determine the frequency of profound congenital hearing loss in healthy newborn infants in Fars province. Methods In a multicenter prospective study, f...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1808-8694
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2016.08.007