Jornal de Oftalmologia Clínica e Experimental
Acesso livre

Abstrato

Visual Acuity Alterations in Heavily Impaired Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS) Children

Luiz CP Baran, Diego da S. Lima, Leonardo A. Silva, Heydi S. Tabares, Sarah L. Dias, Andrea Araújo Zin, Maria Elisabeth Lopes Moreira, Marcelo F. Costa, Dora F. Ventura

Wi aim fi assess Visual Acuity (VA) inna Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS)-children fi evaluate visual loss. Fi dat end wi evaluate 41 CSZ-children, fram Rio de Janeiro using Teller Acuity Cards. Dem did have Zika virus-infection confirmed by Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) or clinical evaluation. VA below normative values ​​did deh inna 39/41 (95%). Inna 10 cases, VA did only marginally below normal; inna di remaining 29 cases, VA was more dan 0.15 logMAR below di lower limit. No relationship neva deh between VA an cognitive domain tasks, although deh did have relationship between VA an motor domain tasks. Thirty-seven children did perform at least one task inna di cognitive set, 14 children neva perform no task inna di motor set. Pikni wid VA above di lower perform beta inna di cognitive an motor tasks. Wi conclude seh ZIKV-infected children wid CZS did highly VA impaired weh did correlate wid motor performance, but not wid cognitive performance. Part a di children dem did have VA widin di normal limits an dem did display beta performance inna di cognitive an motor set. So, even if heavily impaired, most children have some degree a visual acuity an visual function.