Resumen de More Evidence Linking Zika Virus to Birth Defects
Two new studies provide important information on the link between Zika virus and severe fetal central nervous system complications and death.
In a prospective cohort study, investigators from Brazil and the United States collected medical, prenatal, and clinical data and serum and urine specimens from 88 pregnant women at 5 to 38 gestational weeks presenting with a rash within the previous 5 days (Brasil P et al. N Engl J Med. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1602412 [published online March 4, 2016]). Of the 72 women who tested positive for Zika virus, 42 (58%) were examined by fetal ultrasonography.
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