The Zika Virus Individual Participant Data Consortium: a global initiative to estimate the effects of exposure to Zika virus during pregnancy on adverse fetal, infant, and child health outcomes Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
This commentary describes the creation of the Zika Virus Individual Participant Data Consortium, a global collaboration to address outstanding questions in Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemiology through conducting an individual participant data meta-analysis (IPD-MA). The aims of the IPD-MA are to (1) estimate the absolute and relative risks of miscarriage, fetal loss, and short- and long-term sequelae of fetal exposure; (2) identify and quantify the ...