The recent association between the increase in the number of neonates with
microcephaly in northeastern Brazil and the outbreak of infection with the Zika
virus, which has been occurring in the Americas, has been declared a public
health emergency of international concern. The evidence that implicates the
virus as the cause of this public health emergency has been demonstrated ever
more consistently. This pictorial essay illustrates the imaging characteristics
seen on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scans of infants
admitted to a rehabilitation hospital with a diagnosis of microcephaly and a
maternal history of rash during pregnancy.
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