Officials did not offer details surrounding the second abortion, other than to say it involved another woman who had become infected with
Zika during the first trimester of her pregnancy.
Not exact matches
Nearly 94 percent
of all
pregnancies remained viable when a mock infection was introduced
during the
first trimester, while the viability
of fetuses after
Zika infection was reduced, regardless
of which strain was used.
In the Brazilian cases, most
of the exposure to
Zika appears to have been
during the
first trimester of pregnancy.
In their follow up modelling study they reported
Zika virus infection
during the
first trimester of pregnancy led to higher than expected rates
of microcephaly.