Zika virus infection in pregnant women in Honduras

2018 - 2021

  • Research projects in maternal and child health
  • Developing

Period: 2018 – 2021

Researchers:

  • Maria Luisa Cafferata
  • Maria Belizan

Objective:

  • Determine the frequency of ZIKA virus infection during pregnancy.
  • To measure the association between symptomatic and asymptomatic maternal ZIKA virus infection during pregnancy, and microcephaly at birth.
  • Longitudinally follow children with documented in utero exposure, selected from our cohort of ZIKA IgM-positive and/or ZIKA PCR-positive women and a group of children of uninfected women.

Type of study: Cohort

Financing:

  • Tulane University
  • CDC (child follow-up study)