The objective of this study was to extend the understanding of neurodevelopment in normocephalic Zika virus (ZIKV)-exposed children by longitudinally tracking neurodevelopmental outcomes and anthropometrics from birth to 48 months of age in a cohort of ZIKV-exposed children and a parallel group of unexposed controls born during a period of active ZIKV transmission in Grenada, West Indies. In the present study, the neurodevelopmental outcomes and rates of microcephaly between ZIKV-exposed children and unexposed controls at 1, 3, and 4 years were compared, and whether environmental and perinatal factors that increase and decrease neurodevelopmental delay (NDD) risk differ between the ZIKV-exposed and unexposed groups was examined. This ambispective, population-based cohort study followed 388 children born to 384 mothers during a period of active ZIKV transmission in Grenada, West Indies. The children were followed from birth to 4 years of age. Mother-child dyads were enrolled between April 2016 and March 2017 at public health centres throughout Grenada.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child, Cohort - clinical
Number of participants at first data collection
388 (children)
384 (mothers)
Age at first data collection
Birth (children)
Varied (mothers)
Participant year of birth
2016 - 2017 (children)
Varied (mothers)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
The larger Grenadian population.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2016
Primary Institutions
Ministry of Health, Wellness & Religious Affairs - Grenada
St. George's University
Stanford University
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Medical Research Council (MRC)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
St. George’s University
Stanford Maternal Child Health Research Institute
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
Engagement
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