Zika poses even greater risk for birth defects than was previously known, CDC reports stat : Tampa Bay

• Among pregnant women with confirmed Zika infections, about 1 in 10 had a fetus or baby with birth defects. These estimates are higher than what U.S. health officials have previously reported and underscore the serious risk for birth defects posed by Zika virus infection during Pregnancy. Confirmed infections in the first trimester posed the highest risk - with about 15 percent having Zika-related birth defects. • About 1 in 3 babies with possible Zika infection had no report of Zika testing at birth. Among the report's key findings:• A total of 1,297 pregnant women with some evidence of Zika infection were reported to the U.S. Zika Pregnancy Registry in 2016.




She said the CDC is still receiving about 30 to 40 reports of pregnant women infected with Zika virus each week. Overall, there were 45 live births and 6 pregnancy losses in the pregnant women who had any lab evidence of possible Zika infections. The report also noted a gap in testing newborns who have possible congenital Zika infections: one in three had no report of Zika testing at birth. The new information comes from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) registry for monitoring pregnant women who have potential Zika exposure. The level was even higher—15%—in women infected during the first trimester of pregnancy.





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