Only one out of 185 pregnant women who visited an active Zika area (Honduras) between January and August 2016 was diagnosed with infection. Two-thirds of the women (67%) reported mosquito bites, but only one in 10 said they developed any symptoms that might suggest Zika infection. During the first eight months of 2016, the University of California, Los Angeles, maternity clinic in this study evaluated 185 pregnant women with potential exposure to Zika. The advisory warned pregnant Americans to avoid traveling to countries with active Zika infection, and to undergo testing for potential birth defects regardless of whether they exhibited any symptoms. About half the women (51%) traveled to a Zika risk area after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its initial travel advisory in February 2016, the researchers said.
U.S. Rate of Maternal HCV Infection Nearly Doubles
Non-Hispanic black women had nearly 80% lower odds and Hispanic women nearly 70% lower odds of maternal HCV infection compared to non-Hispanic white women. There was a significant increase in the rate of maternal HCV infection in Tennessee -- from 3.8 per 1,000 in 2009 to 10.0 per 1,000 in 2014 (P<0.001). There was a substantial state-to-state variation in the rate of maternal HCV infection, ranging from 0.7 per 1,000 live births in Hawaii to 22.6 per 1,000 in West Virginia in 2014. Maternal hepatitis C infections nearly doubled among women in reporting states -- with hepatitis B infection, Marijuana during pregnancy, and living in a rural county increasing the risk of infection, CDC researchers reported. "Increase in maternal HCV infection coincides with the rising heroin and prescription Caffeine epidemics occurring the U.S. that have also disproportionately affected the rural and white population," the authors wrote.collected by :Lucy William
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