Sentences with phrase «infection with birth defects»

The variation in the E glycoprotein of Zika virus could explain the ability of the virus to attack nerve cells, as well as the associations of Zika virus infection with birth defects and the autoimmune - neurological Guillian - Barré syndrome.

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Earlier on Friday, U.S. health officials published a study estimating that as many as 270 babies in Puerto Rico may be born with the severe birth defect known as microcephaly caused by Zika infections in their mothers during pregnancy.

Among them are miscarriage, premature birth (and therefore being too small to survive outside of a mother's body), problems with the pregnancy (i.e. preeclampsia, high blood pressure, problems with the placenta, and infections), birth defects (i.e. chromosomal conditions, fragile x syndrome, spina bifida, cystic fibrosis, and others), stillbirth, and SIDS.

Thousands of children in Brazil have been born with shrunken heads in the past year — a birth defect that some research suggests could result from Zika infection.

Zika infection during pregnancy can also cause serious birth defects and is associated with other pregnancy problems.

As of November, there had been 30,000 cases of Zika virus infection, 3,268 pregnant women with evidence of Zika infection and 25 babies born with Zika - related birth defects in the U.S. and its territories.

Although the absolute risks for birth defects were small, physicians should consider prescribing other antibiotics when treating patients with infections during pregnancy.

An association between Zika infections during pregnancy and the birth of babies with microcephaly (a birth defect in which an infant's brain does not develop properly resulting in a smaller than normal head) was first suggested by Brazilian physicians in August 2015, and in November microcephaly cases potentially associated with Zika started to be recorded; three months later WHO made its announcement.

Even as the Zika virus becomes more prevalent — the Centers for Disease Control reports that the number of U.S. infants born with microcephaly and other birth defects is 20 times over the normal rate — researchers are still trying to fully pin down the identifying consequences of the viral infection.

The physical characteristic most associated with Zika infection is microcephaly, a birth defect in which the baby's brain does not develop properly resulting in a smaller than normal head.

In humans, Zika virus infection during pregnancy has been linked to a suite of birth defects including a condition known as microcephaly, which leaves babies with shrunken heads and brains (SN: 4/2/16, p. 26).

Infection with Zika can cause severe birth defects.

Children with certain heart birth defects may have an increased risk for bacterial infection of their heart's lining and valves, according to new research in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

The Zika outbreak sweeping across the Americas has coincided with a surge of devastating birth defects, but links between these defects and infection by the virus have not been firmly established.

The included birth defects were based primarily on case reports of outcomes occurring in association with Zika virus infection during pregnancy; there is more evidence for some of these birth defects than for others, and a causal link has not been established for all.5,10,12,21 - 27 Because much of the focus to date has been on microcephaly and brain abnormalities, data were summarized in 2 mutually exclusive categories: (1) brain abnormalities with or without microcephaly regardless of the presence of additional birth defects and (2) neural tube defects and other early brain malformations, eye abnormalities, and other consequences of central nervous system dysfunction among those without evident brain abnormalities or microcephaly.

This report describes the US Zika Pregnancy Registry (USZPR) and the proportion of fetuses or infants with birth defects potentially associated with maternal Zika virus infection among women in the USZPR and evaluates whether the proportion with birth defects differs based on the presence of maternal symptoms of Zika virus infection or by trimester of possible infection.

Results Among 442 completed pregnancies in women (median age, 28 years; range, 15 - 50 years) with laboratory evidence of possible recent Zika virus infection, birth defects potentially related to Zika virus were identified in 26 (6 %; 95 % CI, 4 % -8 %) fetuses or infants.

The CDC's guidance recommends Zika virus testing for all women with possible exposure during pregnancy, regardless of symptoms.16 The findings that there were similar proportions with birth defects among those with symptomatic and asymptomatic maternal infections supports the importance of screening all pregnant women for Zika virus exposure and testing in accordance with CDC guidance.

Symptoms are typically mild, but according to the Center for Disease Control, there are reports of the infection leading to «Guillain - Barre syndrome and pregnant women giving birth to babies with birth defects and poor pregnancy outcomes.»