Notes From the Field: Zika Virus-Associated Neonatal Birth Defects Surveillance — Texas, January 2016–July 2017

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• Journal Article:
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
• Personal Author:
  Hall, Noemi Borsay ; Broussard, Kelly ; Evert, Nicole ; Canfield, Mark
• Description:
  On November 28, 2016, the Texas Department of State Health Services (Texas DSHS) reported its first confirmed case of local mosquitoborne Zika Virus Transmission in the city of Brownsville, located in south Texas along the U.S.-Mexico border. Zika Virus infection during pregnancy has been linked to adverse Congenital outcomes including microcephaly, neural tube defects, early brain malformations, structural eye abnormalities, Congenital deafness, and limb contractures (1). On January 1, 2016, Texas DSHS established enhanced Surveillance to identify women with laboratory evidence of possible Zika Virus infection during pregnancy and suspected cases of Zika Virus-associated birth defects among completed pregnancies.
• Subjects:
  Congenital Abnormalities Female Humans Infant, Newborn Notes From The Field Population Surveillance Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious Zika Virus Zika Virus Infection
• Source:
  MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2017; v. 66, no. 31
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6631a5
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  28796762
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5687783
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Texas
• Pages in Document:
  p. 835-836
• Volume:
  66
• Issue:
  31
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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