Santos Gerarlene Ponte Guimarães, Gouveia Márcia Teles de Oliveira, Costa Rayla Maria Pontes Guimarães, Santos Ana Maria Ribeiro Dos, Avelino Fernanda Valéria Silva Dantas
Universidade Estadual do Piauí. Parnaíba, Piauí, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Piauí. Teresina, Piauí, Brazil.
Rev Bras Enferm. 2020 Nov 11;73(suppl 4):e20190883. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0883. eCollection 2020.
To know the evidence available in the literature on the effects of the zika virus in children development after fetal exposure.
This is an integrative literature review with 16 scientific articles found in five databases (PubMed, LILACS, CINAHL, Web of Science and Scopus), based on the guiding question: "What are the effects in the development of children aged 0 to 6 years exposed to the zika virus in the fetal period? The STROBE statement was used for data extraction and evaluation of primary studies.
Exposure to the zika virus in the fetal period resulted in several congenital anomalies and/or changes in the central nervous system: microcephaly, ocular problems, neurosensorial problems, ventriculomegaly, intracranial calcification, cardiopathy, arthrogryposis, among others.
The zika virus is neurotropic; its effect in the fetal nervous system causes irreparable damage to the child, so health professionals, especially nurses, must intensify maternal and also childcare.
