title: Reproductive planning in times of Zika: getting pregnant or delaying plans? The opinion of the Brazilian Society of Assisted Reproduction Committee - a basis for a bioethical discussion.
abstract: Although the causality between Zika virus, microcephaly, and other central nervous system disorders has been taken for granted by the scientific community, many uncertainties remain. The gap of knowledge at the moment is large enough to remove part of the confidence physicians have on the advice given to patients - and infertile women in particular - on their reproductive plans. Pretreatment serologic screening is a possible strategy to offer more confidence for individuals choosing to bear children regardless of the Zika virus, but the tests currently available do not seem to be sufficiently adequate. Until now, there is no formal recommendation to avoid pregnancy solely because of the Zika virus outbreak, and the choice of becoming pregnant has been regarded as a personal decision to be made by each woman and her family.
authors: GENESIS - Center for Assistance in Human Reproduction, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
authors: Bruno R de
authors: BR
authors: Carvalho
authors: Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors: Paulo F
authors: PF
authors: Taitson
authors: CENAFERT, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
authors: Karina S A G
authors: KS
authors: Brandão
authors: School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors: Rui Alberto
authors: RA
authors: Ferriani
authors: GENESIS - Center for Assistance in Human Reproduction, Brasília, DF, Brazil.|President of SBRA - Brazilian Society of Assisted Reproduction.
authors: Hitomi M
authors: HM
authors: Nakagawa
authors: GENESIS - Center for Assistance in Human Reproduction, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
authors: Adelino A
authors: AA
authors: Silva
authors: CENAFERT, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
authors: Joaquim R C
authors: JR
authors: Lopes
mesh_terms: D001675:Bioethics; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007247:Infertility, Female; D008831:Microcephaly; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000941:ethics*; D000071244:Zika Virus; D000071243:Zika Virus Infection
keywords: Zika; bioethics; central nervous system disorders; human reproduction; microcephaly