Case of microcephaly after congenital infection with asian lineage zika virus, Thailand

Thidathip WongsurawatNiracha AthipanyasilpPiroon JenjaroenpunSe Ran JunBualan KaewnapanTrudy M. WassenaarNattawat LeelahakornNasikarn AngkasekwinaiWannee KantakamalakulDavid W. UsseryRuengpung SutthentIntawat NookaewNavin HorthongkhamUniversity of Arkansas for Medical SciencesFaculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol UniversityMolecular Microbiology and Genomics Consultants2019-08-232019-08-232018-09-01Emerging Infectious Diseases. Vol.24, No.9 (2018), 1758-176110806059108060402-s2.0-85052227322https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/46391© 2018, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved. We sequenced the virus genomes from 3 pregnant women in Thailand with Zika virus diagnoses. All had infections with the Asian lineage. The woman infected at gestational week 9, and not those infected at weeks 20 and 24, had a fetus with microcephaly. Asian lineage Zika viruses can cause microcephaly.Mahidol UniversityMedicineCase of microcephaly after congenital infection with asian lineage zika virus, ThailandLetterSCOPUS10.3201/eid2409.180416