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. 2019 Sep 9;26(1):70–76. doi: 10.1007/s13365-019-00797-0

Table 2.

Symptoms, Zika virus detection, and neurological problems in the newborn

Symptoms ZIKV in Disorder
Pregnancy urine Postpartum urine Newborn urine Amniotic fluid
Asymptomatic
  1 Negative Negative Negative Negative Macrocephaly
  2 Negative Negative Negative Negative Microcephaly
  3 Negative Negative Negative Negative Macrocephaly
  4 Negative Negative Negative Negative T1 microcephaly
T2 negative
  5 Negative Negative Negative Negative Microcephaly
  6 Negative Negative Negative Negative Microcephaly
  7 Negative Negative Negative Negative Microcephaly
  8 Negative Negative Negative Negative T1 negative
T2 macrocephaly
  9 Positive Negative Negative Negative Negative
  10 Positive Negative Negative Negative Negative
  11 Positive Negative Negative Negative Negative
  12 Positive Negative Negative Negative Negative
  13 Positive Negative Negative Negative Dystonia, cataracts, ventricle defects
  14 Positive Negative Negative Negative Microcephaly
  15 Positive Negative Negative Negative Macrocephaly
  16 Positive Negative Negative Negative Microcephaly
  17 Positive Positive Negative Negative Macrocraniania
  18 Positive Positive Positive Negative Microcephaly
  19 Negative Negative Negative Positive Negative
  20 Negative Negative Negative Positive Negative
  21 Negative Negative Negative T1 positive Negative
T2 negative Negative
  22 Positive Negative Negative Positive Negative
  23 Negative Negative Positive Negative Macrocephaly, duct distension
  24 Negative Negative Positive Negative Ataxia, vision, and respiratory problem
  25 Negative Negative Positive Negative Negative
  26 Negative Negative Positive Negative Negative
  27 Negative Negative Positive Negative Microcephaly
Symptomatic
  1 Negative Negative Negative Negative Macrocephaly
  2 Positive Negative Negative Negative Ventricular abnormalities, duct distension

T1/T2, twin gestations

*116 newborns were negative for ZIKV and did not present at birth or late sequelae. So as their mothers, they were not positive for ZIKV either