1. Risk of adverse outcomes in offspring with RT-PCR confirmed prenatal Zika virus exposure: an individual participant data meta-analysis of 13 cohorts in the Zika Brazilian Cohorts ConsortiumResearch in context
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Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho, Elizabeth B. Brickley, Thalia Velho Barreto de Araújo, Ulisses Ramos Montarroyos, Marília Rosa Abtibol-Bernardino, Marisa M. Mussi-Pinhata, Geraldo Duarte, Conrado Milani Coutinho, Silvia Fabiana Biason de Moura Negrini, Maria das Graças Costa Alecrim, Lucíola de Fátima Albuquerque de Almeida Peixoto, Maria Elisabeth Lopes Moreira, Andrea Zin, José Paulo Pereira Júnior, Karin Nielsen-Saines, Celina Maria Turchi Martelli, Laura Cunha Rodrigues, Wayner Vieira de Souza, Liana O. Ventura, Consuelo Silva de Oliveira, Haroldo de Matos, Emilene Monteiro Furtado Serra, Luna Thais Souza Gomes, Maurício L. Nogueira, Cassia Estofolete, Denise Cristina Vaz-Oliani, Saulo Duarte Passos, Antonio Moron, Maria Manoela Duarte Rodrigues, Stéphanno Gomes Pereira Sarmento, Marília Dalva Turchi, Luiza Emylce Pela Rosado, Ana Laura de Sene Amâncio Zara, Maria Bárbara Franco Gomes, Lavínia Schuler-Faccini, Juliana Herrero-Silva, Melania M. Amorim, Adriana Oliveira Melo, Antônio José Ledo Alves da Cunha, Arnaldo Prata-Barbosa, Joffre Amim, Jr., Jorge Rezende-Filho, Juan Ignacio Calcagno, Luiz Carlos Júnior Alcântara, Breno Lima de Almeida, Cristina Barroso Hofer, Elizabeth S. Machado, Isadora Cristina de Siqueira, Flor Ernestina Martinez-Espinosa, Patrícia Brasil, Mariana de Carvalho Leal, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque, Jociele Malacarne, Luana Damasceno, Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis, Cleiton Silva Santos, Alan Oliveira Duarte, Pedro Fernando Vasconcelos, Mariana Borges Machado, Ana paula Antunes Pascalicchio Bertozzi, Thamirys Cosmo Gillo Fajardo, Adriana Aparecida Tiraboschi Bárbaro, Ligia Conceição Marçal Assef, Clarice Pimentel, Thalita Abreu, Jousilene de Sales Tavares, Fabiana de Oliveira Melo, Talita de Toledo Lima, Maria das Graças Nunes Brasil, Cláudia Pereira Terças-Trettel, Giovanny Vinícius de Araújo França, Camila Helena Aguiar Bôtto-Menezes, Silvana Gomes Benzecry, Jaqueline Rodrigues Robaina, and Mariana Barros Genuíno de Oliveira
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Meta-analysis ,Zika ,Cohort ,Pregnant women ,Children ,Adverse outcomes ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 - Abstract
Summary: Background: Knowledge regarding the risks associated with Zika virus (ZIKV) infections in pregnancy has relied on individual studies with relatively small sample sizes and variable risk estimates of adverse outcomes, or on surveillance or routinely collected data. Using data from the Zika Brazilian Cohorts Consortium, this study aims, to estimate the risk of adverse outcomes among offspring of women with RT-PCR-confirmed ZIKV infection during pregnancy and to explore heterogeneity between studies. Methods: We performed an individual participant data meta-analysis of the offspring of 1548 pregnant women from 13 studies, using one and two-stage meta-analyses to estimate the absolute risks. Findings: Of the 1548 ZIKV-exposed pregnancies, the risk of miscarriage was 0.9%, while the risk of stillbirth was 0.3%. Among the pregnancies with liveborn children, the risk of prematurity was 10,5%, the risk of low birth weight was 7.7, and the risk of small for gestational age (SGA) was 16.2%. For other abnormalities, the absolute risks were: 2.6% for microcephaly at birth or first evaluation, 4.0% for microcephaly at any time during follow-up, 7.9% for neuroimaging abnormalities, 18.7% for functional neurological abnormalities, 4.0% for ophthalmic abnormalities, 6.4% for auditory abnormalities, 0.6% for arthrogryposis, and 1.5% for dysphagia. This risk was similar in all sites studied and in different socioeconomic conditions, indicating that there are not likely to be other factors modifying this association. Interpretation: This study based on prospectively collected data generates the most robust evidence to date on the risks of congenital ZIKV infections over the early life course. Overall, approximately one-third of liveborn children with prenatal ZIKV exposure presented with at least one abnormality compatible with congenital infection, while the risk to present with at least two abnormalities in combination was less than 1.0%. Funding: National Council for Scientific and Technological Development - Brazil (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico – CNPq); Wellcome Trust and the United Kingdom's Department for International Development; European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program; Medical Research Council on behalf of the Newton Fund and Wellcome Trust; National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Foundation Christophe et Rodolphe Mérieux; Coordination for the improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Capes); Ministry of Health of Brazil; Brazilian Department of Science and Technology; Foundation of Research Support of the State of São Paulo (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo – FAPESP); Foundation of Research Support of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – FAPERJ); Foundation of Support for Research and Scientific and Technological Development of Maranhão; Evandro Chagas Institute/Brazilian Ministry of Health (Instituto Evandro Chagas/Ministério da Saúde); Foundation of Research Support of the State of Goiás (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Goiás – FAPEG); Foundation of Research Support of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul – FAPERGS); Foundation to Support Teaching, Research and Assistance at Hospital das Clínicas, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto (Fundação de Apoio ao Ensino, Pesquisa e Assistência do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto); São Paulo State Department of Health (Secretaria de Saúde do Estado de São Paulo); Support Foundation of Pernambuco Science and Technology (Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia de Pernambuco – FACEPE).
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- 2023
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