Social and economic impacts of congenital Zika syndrome in Brazil: Study protocol and rationale for a mixed-methods study [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Global concern broke out in late 2015 as thousands of children in Brazil were born with microcephaly, which was quickly linked to congenital infection with Zika virus (ZIKV). ZIKV is now known to cause a wider spectrum of severe adverse outcomes—congenital Zika syndrome (CZS)—and also milder impairm...

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Main Authors: Hannah Kuper, Tereza Maciel Lyra, Maria Elisabeth Lopes Moreira, Maria do Socorro Veloso de Albuquerque, Thália Velho Barreto de Araújo, Silke Fernandes, Mireia Jofre-Bonet, Heidi Larson, Ana Paula Lopes de Melo, Corina Helena Figueira Mendes, Martha Cristina Nunes Moreira, Marcos Antonio Ferreira do Nascimento, Loveday Penn-Kekana, Camila Pimentel, Marcia Pinto, Clarissa Simas, Sandra Valongueiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wellcome 2019-09-01
Series:Wellcome Open Research
Online Access:https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/3-127/v2