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Officials concluded infection with the Zika virus is a cause of the birth defect microcephaly and other severe brain abnormalities in babies.
It's called Zika virus, and it's moving across much of Brazil and north into Central America, carried by mosquitoes that carry other viruses. This virus you never heard of may be causing birth ...
The case of a Brazilian woman whose unborn baby died may show that Zika is causing even worse birth defects than originally thought. Zika might cause worse birth defects than feared Skip to main ...
The spread of Aedes mosquito-borne Zika virus has been implicated in increasing levels of congenital microcephaly by the International Society for Infectious Diseases and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [47] Zika can spread from a pregnant woman to her fetus. This can result in other severe brain malformations and birth defects.
The CDC and National Birth Defect Project studied the incidence of birth defects in the US. Key findings include: [ citation needed ] Down syndrome was the most common condition with an estimated prevalence of 14.47 per 10,000 live births, implying about 6,000 diagnoses each year.
The first cases of birth defects linked to Zika in Colombia [158] and in Panama were reported in March 2016. [159] In the same month, researchers published a prospective cohort study that found profound impacts in 29 percent of infants of mothers infected with Zika, some of whom were infected late in pregnancy. [25]
Born in a poor neighborhood of Angola’s capital Luanda, the 10-month old boy has microcephaly, a birth defect marked by a small head and serious developmental problems. Cula is one of at least ...
Zika virus is an arthropod-borne virus transmitted by mosquitos, and infection during pregnancy can lead to severe congenital abnormalities in a newborn. Congenital infection can lead to fetal growth restriction and CNS abnormalities, including microcephaly , ventriculomegaly and intracranial calcifications.