About the Authors

Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

raaximenes@uol.com.br

Affiliations Departamento de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brasil, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brasil

Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departamento de Medicina Interna, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brasil

Elizabeth B. Brickley

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Ulisses Ramos Montarroyos

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brasil

Celina Maria Turchi Martelli

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, PE, Brasil

Thalia Velho Barreto de Araújo

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departamento de Medicina Social, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brasil

Laura C. Rodrigues

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Maria de Fatima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, PE, Brasil

Wayner Vieira de Souza

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, PE, Brasil

Priscila Mayrelle da Silva Castanha

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Instituto Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, PE, Brasil, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brasil

Rafael F. O. França

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, PE, Brasil

Rafael Dhália

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, PE, Brasil

Ernesto T. A. Marques

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Instituto Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, PE, Brasil, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

on behalf of the Microcephaly Epidemic Research Group (MERG)

Membership of the Microcephaly Epidemic Research Group (MERG) is listed in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.