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Zika and the Risk of Microcephaly

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Zika virus (ZIKV) infection during pregnancy has been linked to birth defects, 1 yet the magnitude of risk remains uncertain. A study of the Zika outbreak in French Polynesia estimated that the risk of microcephaly due to ZIKV infection in the first trimester of pregnancy was 0.95% (95% confidence interval: 0.34-1.91%), based on eight microcephaly cases identified retrospectively in a population of approximately 270,000 people with an estimated 66% ZIKV infection rate. 2

Source: New England Journal of Medicine

DOI: 10.1056/nejmp1605367

Authors: Michael A. Johansson, Luis Mier-y-Teran-Romero, Jennita Reefhuis, Suzanne M. Gilboa, Susan L. Hills

Institutions: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harvard University

Language: English

Topic: Mosquito-borne diseases and control

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of General Medical Sciences