Case of Microcephaly after Congenital Infection with Asian Lineage Zika Virus, Thailand

Abstract

We sequenced the virus genomes from 3 pregnant women in Thailand with Zika virus diagnoses. All had infections with the Asian lineage. The woman infected at gestational week 9, and not those infected at weeks 20 and 24, had a fetus with microcephaly. Asian lineage Zika viruses can cause microcephaly.

Keywords

• Zika virus
• genome sequence
• congenital Zika virus infection with microcephaly
• pregnancy
• viruses
• vector-borne infections