Severe microcephaly

2016 - 2018 - Concluded

Chantal Nelson, PhD, Public Health Agency of Canada, 785 Carling Ave., 7th Floor, Ottawa ON  K1A 0K9; tel. 613-404-7720; chantal.nelson@phac-aspc.gc.ca

Alex Demarsh, PhD (c), Public Health Agency of Canada, 130 Colonnade Rd., Ottawa ON  K1A 0K9; tel. 613-668-4082; alex.demarsh@phac-aspc.gc.ca

Study results can be found in

CPSP 2018 Results

CPS News

• What do we know about microcephaly in Canada? (2016)

Surveillance Highlights

• Small bite, big problem: Understanding severe microcephaly in Canada

  Paediatrics & Child Health, Volume 22, Issue 8, 27 November 2017, Pages 504–505, https://doi.org/10.1093/pch/pxx153
   

Published papers

• Etiology of Severe Microcephaly in Infants: A Multinational Surveillance Study

  Daniel S. Farrar, Rachel L. Knowles, Carlos Nunez, Gareth Baynam, Ari Bitnun, Mavis Duncanson, Richard M. Lynn, Charlotte Moore Hepburn, Anne Morris, Clarissa Oeser, Richard Pebody, Ameenat Lola Solebo, Elizabeth J. Elliott, Shaun K. Morris; Etiology of Severe Microcephaly in Infants: A Multinational Surveillance Study. Pediatrics 2026; e2025072700. doi: 10.1542/peds.2025-072700

• Severe microcephaly/congenital Zika syndrome

  Population-based surveillance of severe microcephaly and congenital Zika syndrome in Canada. Morris SK, Farrar DS, Miller SP, et al. Arch Dis Child 2021;0:1–7. Epub 2021 Jan 8. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-320968

  
  Daniel S. Farrar, Rachel L. Knowles, Carlos Nunez, Gareth Baynam, Ari Bitnun, Mavis Duncanson, Richard M. Lynn, Charlotte Moore Hepburn, Anne Morris, Clarissa Oeser, Richard Pebody, Ameenat Lola Solebo, Elizabeth J. Elliott, Shaun K. Morris; Etiology of Severe Microcephaly in Infants: A Multinational Surveillance Study. Pediatrics 2026; e2025072700. doi: 10.1542/peds.2025-072700

Resource articles

• Zika virus and severe microcephaly in Canada (2017)