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CDC: Zika babies can develop microcephaly months after birth
These 2016 photos show Brazilian infants born with microcephaly caused by the Zika virus.(Felipe Dana/AP)One of the biggest unknowns about the Zika virus is the extent of damage it causes during pregnancy.Much of the early alarm focused on babies born with abnormally small heads and often underdeveloped brains.
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Zika virus microcephaly can develop after birth: CDC study
A severe birth defect linked to the Zika virus can develop months after birth, the Centers for Disease Control said Tuesday after studying 13 Brazilian newborns who were born with normal head sizes but then encountered problems.Eleven of the 13 infants born with evidence of Zika infection developed smaller than normal heads, a condition known as microcephaly, along with significant neurological problems after their heads failed to develop normally in the first months of their lives, researchers said.Scientists have tied the recent outbreak of mosquito-borne Zika virus in Brazil and other Latin American countries to a sharp uptick in the rate of babies born with microcephaly.
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Zika babies can develop microcephaly in first year
The latest study shows the first laboratory evidence of Zika virus infection in the womb leading to microcephaly developing after birthMIAMI, United States – Some Zika-infected babies who appeared normal at birth still showed significant brain defects and went on to develop unusually small heads, a condition known as microcephaly, researchers said Tuesday, November 22.A total of 13 Brazilian babies whose mothers were infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus while pregnant were described in a report by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.(READ: Zika no longer a world public health emergency – WHO)"Among these infants, 11 later developed microcephaly," said a CDC statement.
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