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The claims have been published in the journal The BMJ by Brazilian researchers from Recife who noted seven suspect cases. The virus, which is at the centre of the Zika epidemic, has already been linked to microcephaly – a serious brain defect in babies.
Dr Vanessa van der Linden and her team said they studied seven babies with suspected Zika infection who had been born with hip, knee, ankle, elbow, wrist and/or finger joint problems that fit with a medical diagnosis called arthrogryposis.
The deformities of arthrogryposis are caused by faulty muscles that have pulled and held the baby's growing body in unnatural positions.
The team believe that the Zika virus attacks nerve centres in the brain which supply the muscles around the joints, rather than the joints themselves. Scans of the babies' brains appear to support this idea.
The babies also tested negative for other congenital (pre-birth) infections, such as rubella and HIV, that might have been a possible cause of their deformities. Most had microcephaly as well as the limb deformities.
Dr Linden added that she has seen 14 more babies with similar problems since documenting her findings.
(JP)
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Further Concerns Over Zika Virus
Health experts have voiced further concerns over Zika virus, saying it could cause limb joint deformities in babies.The claims have been published in the journal The BMJ by Brazilian researchers from Recife who noted seven suspect cases. The virus, which is at the centre of the Zika epidemic, has already been linked to microcephaly – a serious brain defect in babies.
Dr Vanessa van der Linden and her team said they studied seven babies with suspected Zika infection who had been born with hip, knee, ankle, elbow, wrist and/or finger joint problems that fit with a medical diagnosis called arthrogryposis.
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The deformities of arthrogryposis are caused by faulty muscles that have pulled and held the baby's growing body in unnatural positions.
The team believe that the Zika virus attacks nerve centres in the brain which supply the muscles around the joints, rather than the joints themselves. Scans of the babies' brains appear to support this idea.
The babies also tested negative for other congenital (pre-birth) infections, such as rubella and HIV, that might have been a possible cause of their deformities. Most had microcephaly as well as the limb deformities.
Dr Linden added that she has seen 14 more babies with similar problems since documenting her findings.
(JP)
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