10 Percent of Pregnant US Women With Zika Had Fetus Or Baby With Birth Defects stat : Gizmodo

The analysis, which involved nearly 1,300 pregnancies with suspected Zika infections across 44 states, shows that 1 in 10 pregnant women infected with Zika had either a fetus or a baby with birth defects. Image: APThe US Centers for Disease Control has released a sobering new study detailing the birth defect rates among pregnant American women infected by the Zika virus. But when the researchers considered only lab-confirmed cases of Zika infections (as opposed to suspected infections), that number rose to 10 percent. The researchers did not include data from pregnant women in Puerto Rico. Of those, Zika-related birth defects were reported in 51 of the pregnancies, or 5 percent.




"These findings underscore the serious risk for birth defects posed by Zika virus infection during pregnancy and highlight why pregnant women should avoid Zika virus exposure," the report said. What's more, the percentage of infants with certain birth defects born to women who had contracted Zika was 30 times higher than the overall percentage of infants who had similar birth defects seen in the years before Zika, the researchers said. Among these women, 15 percent had babies with birth defects tied to the virus, the report said. Among the 250 women with a confirmed Zika virus infection, about 10 percent had a baby with Zika-related birth defects, the report said. The report also found that the risk of birth defects was slightly higher for women who contracted a Zika infection during their first trimester.


The Texas Department of State Health Services reports seven babies born in Texas have birth defects that could be consistent with Zika, and three of them are confirmed cases of the virus. In Texas, 67 of the babies have been born, and just like the national numbers, about one in 10 show signs of possible Zika infection. Nearly 1,000 pregnant women from 44 states, including those in Texas, showed evidence of Zika infection. Nationally, the CDC reports that of the 250 pregnant women who had confirmed Zika infection last year, 24 had a fetus or baby with Zika-related birth defects. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that in 2016, about 10 percent of U.S. pregnant women with confirmed Zika virus infection had a fetus or baby with Zika-related birth defects.


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