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Zika and the Risk of Microcephaly
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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
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- Johansson, M. A., Mier-y-Teran-Romero, L., Reefhuis, J., Gilboa, S. M., & Hills, S. L.
- Venue
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Published
- 2016-07-07
- Volume
- 375
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-4
- ISSN
- 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-4406
- OpenAlex
- W2399179221
- Cited by
- 429
- References
- 20
- FWCI
- 89.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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