Zika Virus and Birth Defects--Reviewing the Evidence for Causality.
The New England journal of medicine·
- DOI
- 10.1056/nejmsr1604338
- PMID
- 27074377
- PMCID
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- Study type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Publisher unavailable
- Article type
- journal-article
- Integrity
- current
Why this research matters now
A key causality review for Zika-associated birth defects and public-health decision making.
Structured evidence summary
Research question
How strong was the evidence that Zika virus infection could cause birth defects?
Study design
Causality evidence review.
Population and setting
This field has not yet received a quality-gated evidence summary. Consult the original article.
Main findings
This field has not yet received a quality-gated evidence summary. Consult the original article.
Public-health relevance
Links surveillance signals, pregnancy outcomes, and public-health guidance during the Zika emergency.
Important limitations
Limitations could not be fully assessed from the available metadata.
GIDS interpretation
Use as historical context for congenital-outcome evidence around arboviral threats.
Related GIDS surveillance
Literature context does not validate, explain, or change a surveillance signal. Exact and contextual relationships are shown separately.
Evidence relationships
This article has 7 auditable classifier relationships to diseases, places, topics, and study design.