Sentences with phrase «infection during pregnancy combined»

Based on data from population - based birth defects surveillance programs for 2009 - 2013, the median prevalence of microcephaly in the United States was approximately 7 per 10000 live births.29 There are no published estimates of the prevalence of the birth defects potentially related to Zika virus infection during pregnancy combined.

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Environmental factors such as maternal infection or exposure to toxic chemicals during pregnancy may heighten the risk in ways that aren't yet understood, and the environment may combine in other ways with genetic factors after birth to cause the condition.

At one end are those who see the problem as multifaceted: that a range of common, inherited variations combine with spontaneous variations that arise from environmental factors, such as toxic exposures or infections during pregnancy.