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Notes from the Field: Zika Virus-Associated Neonatal Birth Defects Surveillance — Texas, January 2016–July 2017
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Aug 11 2017
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 66(31):835-836. -
Alternative Title:MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
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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.
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Pubmed ID:28796762
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC5687783
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