Zika Causes Birth Defects and Nervous System Problems: CDC Vital Signs: August 7, 2018

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of the Associate Director for Communications.
• Description:
  Of the 1,450 babies at least one year old born to mothers with Zika during pregnancy in the US territories who had some follow-up reported:
  
  • 6% had Zika-associated birth defects, such as small head size, brain damage, or eye damage.
  
  • 9% had nervous system problems possibly caused by Zika, such as seizures, problems with swallowing and moving, or developmental delays.
  
  Without evaluation, some health problems may not be detected or treated.
  
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• Subjects:
  Congenital Abnormalities Pregnancy Complications, Infectious Zika Virus Infection Zika Virus Infection/congential
• Series:
  Vital Signs
• Document Type:
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• Genre:
  Infographic
• Pages in Document:
  1 infographic
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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