• JAMA network open · Jul 2019

    Association Between Neonatal Neuroimaging and Clinical Outcomes in Zika-Exposed Infants From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

    • Kara-Lee Pool, Kristina Adachi, Stellios Karnezis, Noriko Salamon, Tahmineh Romero, Karin Nielsen-Saines, Sheila Pone, Marcia Boechat, Mitsue Aibe, Tallita Gomes da Silva, Carla Trevisan Martins Ribeiro, M Ines Boechat, Patricia Brasil, Andrea Zin, Irena Tsui, Stephanie L Gaw, Pedro Daltro, Bianca Guedes Ribeiro, Tatiana Fazecas, L Celso Hygino da Cruz, Renata Nogueira, Zilton Vasconcelos, Jose Paulo Pereira, Tania Saad Salles, Claudia Neves Barbosa, Weiqiang Chen, Suan-Sin Foo, Jae Jung, Maria Elisabeth Moreira, and Marcos Pone.
    • David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.
    • JAMA Netw Open. 2019 Jul 3; 2 (7): e198124.

    ImportanceCongenital Zika virus (ZIKV) infection may present with a spectrum of clinical and neuroradiographic findings.ObjectiveTo determine whether neuroimaging findings for infants with a history of ZIKV exposure are associated with infant clinical outcomes and gestational age at antenatal ZIKV infection.Design, Setting, And ParticipantsThis cohort study retrospectively reviewed neuroimaging results (computed tomography and/or magnetic resonance imaging scans) of 110 ZIKV-exposed infants from a maternity and children's hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, following the 2015 to 2016 ZIKV epidemic. Neuroimaging from March 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017, was evaluated to determine whether findings were associated with clinical outcomes and the timing of maternal ZIKV infection. Data were analyzed from July 1, 2017, to August 30, 2018.ExposuresNeuroimaging (computed tomography and/or magnetic resonance imaging) was performed on ZIKV-exposed infants after birth. Blood and/or urine specimens from mothers and infants were tested for ZIKV by polymerase chain reaction assay.Main Outcomes And MeasuresNeuroimaging studies were evaluated for structural abnormalities and other forms of brain injury.ResultsA total of 110 infants with a mean (SD) gestational age of 38.4 (2.1) weeks had neuroimaging and clinical outcome data reviewed. Of these, 71 (65%) had abnormal neuroimaging findings, with the majority (96%) classified as having severe ZIKV infection at birth. The most common neuroimaging abnormalities were structural abnormalities including brain calcifications, especially at the cortico-subcortical white matter junction, cortex malformations, ventriculomegaly, and reduced brain volumes, followed by brainstem hypoplasia, cerebellar hypoplasia, and corpus callosum abnormalities. Frequency of abnormal imaging was higher in infants with specific clinical findings as opposed to those without them; these findings included fetal brain disruption sequence (100% vs 35%), microcephaly (100% vs 30%), congenital contractures (100% vs 58%), ophthalmologic abnormalities (95% vs 44%), hearing abnormalities (100% vs 58%), and neurologic symptoms (94% vs 10%). Four of 39 infants (10%) without initial evidence of severe ZIKV infection and normal findings on neurologic evaluation at birth had abnormal neuroimaging findings. Neuroimaging abnormalities differed by trimester of maternal ZIKV infection, with 63% of infants born to mothers infected in the first trimester, 13% of infants born to mothers infected in the second trimester, and 1% of infants born to mothers infected in the third trimester exhibiting neuroimaging abnormalities. The odds of abnormal neuroimaging were 7.9 times greater for infants with first trimester ZIKV exposure compared with other trimesters combined (odds ratio, 7.9; 95% CI, 3.0-20.4; P < .001).Conclusions And RelevanceNeuroimaging abnormalities of computed tomography and/or magnetic resonance imaging scans were common in ZIKV-exposed infants. While neuroimaging abnormalities were seen in 10% of infants without clinically severe ZIKV, most occurred almost exclusively among those with clinically severe ZIKV, especially among those with a history of ZIKV exposure in the first trimester.

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