Zika virus infection and microcephaly: Anxiety burden for women

Ikenna Desmond Ebuenyi; Soumitra Sudip Bhuyan; Luchuo Engelbert Bain

doi:10.11604/pamj.2018.30.2.11794

Zika virus infection and microcephaly: Anxiety burden for women

Ikenna Desmond Ebuenyi^*
, Soumitra Sudip Bhuyan
, Luchuo Engelbert Bain

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The re-emergence of Zika virus in Brazil and other contiguous countries is a source of anxiety for pregnant women on account of its association with microcephaly. Adverse pregnancy outcome has huge mental health implications. It is essential for health providers to incorporate psychosocial care as part of pre and postnatal care for women in all countries affected by the Zika virus infection.

Original language	English
Article number	2
Number of pages	3
Journal	Pan African medical journal
Volume	30
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.30.2.11794
Publication status	Published - 3 May 2018

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Microcephaly
Zika virus

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