Congenital microcephaly is a major risk factor associated with Zika virus (ZIKV) infection. Here is the representation of a case of a pregnant woman infected with ZIKV during the 11th gestational week. In 1947, ZIKV, a mosquito borne disease was originally isolated from a sentinel primate in Uganda. The manifestations of ZIKV infection are mild fever and maculopapular rash.
However, current studies have reported that ZIKV infection is associated with microcephaly, cerebral atrophy, or brain calcification. Due to the association between ZIKV infection and microcephaly and other neurological disorders, the World Health Organisation has declared the ZIKV epidemic a public health emergency of international concern. In 2015, a Finnish woman 33-year-old, in 11 weeks of gestation, with her husband was on holiday in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. They recall being bitten by mosquitoes…
