In utero Zika virus infection have resulted in many newborns with congenital defects. Limited information is available on health outcomes related to Zika virus (ZIKV) infection acquired during childhood. As a result, many questions regarding congenital ZIKV as maternal transmission, pathogenesis, clinical events, and resulting neurological damage remains unanswered.
This article thus aims to enlighten the medical community on the lesser known facts about “Congenital ZIKA Syndrome” also known as CZS. Clinical Definition of CZS: Severe microcephaly with partially collapsed skull ; malformation of cortical development; subcortical and/or basal ganglia calcifications; chorioretinal atrophy and focal pigmentary retinal mottling ; congenital contractures were not previously observed in fetal brain disruption sequence; and were marked as early hypertonia and symptoms of extrapyramidal…
