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    Zika can be passed from a pregnant woman to her fetus. Infection during pregnancy can cause certain birth defects.

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    Zika and Pregnancy: What's New
    • Special Issue “Zika in Infants and Children”
      • Early Growth Parameters as Predictors of Developmental Delay among Children Conceived During the 2015–2016 Zika Virus Outbreak in Northeastern Brazil.
      • 2018 Zika Health Brigade: Delivering Critical Health Screening in the U.S. Virgin Islands
      • Discordant Clinical Outcomes in a Monozygotic Dichorionic-Diamniotic Twin Pregnancy with Early Zika Virus Exposure. Case Report.
      • Measurement of Head Circumference: Implications for Microcephaly Surveillance in Zika-Affected Areas.
      • The Zika Virus Individual Participant Data Consortium: A Global Initiative to Estimate the Effects of Exposure to Zika Virus during Pregnancy on Adverse Fetal, Infant, and Child Health Outcomes.
    Page last reviewed: April 14, 2022
    Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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