US Zika-Related Birth Defects in High-Transmission Areas

In US regions with widespread Zika virus transmission, birth defects that possibly were virus-related increased about 4-fold, from 1.3 per 1000 live births between January and March 2016 to 5.6 per 1000 live births in January to March 2017, according to a CDC report.
Source: JAMA - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research