Population-Based Surveillance for Birth Defects Potentially Related to Zika Virus Infection - 22 States and Territories, January 2016-June 2017.

Population-Based Surveillance for Birth Defects Potentially Related to Zika Virus Infection - 22 States and Territories, January 2016-June 2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Jan 24;69(3):67-71 Authors: Smoots AN, Olson SM, Cragan J, Delaney A, Roth NM, Godfred-Cato S, Jones AM, Nahabedian JF, Fornoff J, Sandidge T, Yazdy MM, Higgins C, Olney RS, Eckert V, Forkner A, Fox DJ, Stolz A, Crawford K, Cho SJ, Knapp M, Ahmed MF, Lake-Burger H, Elmore AL, Langlois P, Breidenbach R, Nance A, Denson L, Caton L, Forestieri N, Bergman K, Humphries BK, Leedom VO, Tran T, Johnston J, Valencia-Prado M, Pérez-González S, Romitti PA, Fall C, Bryan JM, Barton J, Arias W, St John K, Mann S, Kimura J, Orantes L, Martin B, de Wilde L, Ellis EM, Song Z, Akosa A, Goodroe C, Ellington SR, Tong VT, Gilboa SM, Moore CA, Honein MA Abstract Zika virus infection during pregnancy can cause congenital brain and eye abnormalities and is associated with neurodevelopmental abnormalities (1-3). In areas of the United States that experienced local Zika virus transmission, the prevalence of birth defects potentially related to Zika virus infection during pregnancy increased in the second half of 2016 compared with the first half (4). To update the previous report, CDC analyzed population-based surveillance data from 22 states and territories to estimate the prevalence of birth defects potentially related to Zika virus infection, regardless of laboratory evidence of ...
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