Zika virus infection in French Polynesia

Jean-Marie Jouannic (1) , Stephanie Friszer (1) , Isabelle Leparc-Goffart (2) , Catherine Garel (1) , Dominique Eyrolle-Guignot (3)

1 CHU Trousseau [APHP]
2 Centre National de Référence (CNR) des Arbovirus - Laboratoire coordonnateur : Equipe Résidente de Recherche d'Infectiologie Tropicale (ERRIT),
3 Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique

On Feb 1, WHO issued an alert1 on the potential fetal consequences of the Zika virus outbreak after the Brazilian authorities reported an abnormal increase in the number of cases of neonates born with microcephaly.2 Although no causal link could be clearly established, circumstantial evidence was considered worrisome enough for several countries to discourage pregnant women from travelling to Central and South America.3

Mots clés: zika virus; prenatal diagnosis; fetal; cerebral anomalies; ultrasound Word count: 499

Domaines: Virologie

Jean-Marie Jouannic, Stephanie Friszer, Isabelle Leparc-Goffart, Catherine Garel, Dominique Eyrolle-Guignot. Zika virus infection in French Polynesia. The Lancet, 2016, 387 (10023), pp.1051-1052. ⟨10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00625-5⟩. ⟨hal-01291986⟩