Persistence of Anti-ZIKV-IgG over Time Is Not a Useful Congenital Infection Marker in Infants Born to ZIKV-Infected Mothers: The NATZIG Cohort

Persistence of Anti-ZIKV-IgG over Time Is Not a Useful Congenital Infection Marker in Infants Born to ZIKV-Infected Mothers: The NATZIG Cohort

Confirming ZIKV congenital infection is challenging because viral RNA is infrequently detected. We compared the presence of anti-ZIKV-IgM and the persistence of anti-ZIKV-IgG antibodies over 18 months in two cohorts of infants born to ZIKV-infected mothers: Cohort one: 30 infants with typical microc...

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Main Authors: Conrado Milani Coutinho, Juliana Dias Crivelenti Pereira Fernandes, Aparecida Yulie Yamamoto, Silvia Fabiana Biason de Moura Negrini, Bento Vidal de Moura Negrini, Sara Reis Teixeira, Fabiana Rezende Amaral, Márcia Soares Freitas da Motta, Adriana Aparecida Tiraboschi Bárbaro, Davi Casale Aragon, Magelda Montoya, Eva Harris, Geraldo Duarte, Marisa Márcia Mussi-Pinhata, for the NATZIG Cohort Study Team
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
Zika virus
congenital infection
congenital Zika syndrome
IgM antibodies
IgG antibodies
diagnosis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/4/711

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