Sentences with phrase «of microcephaly linked»

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It claimed that a pesticide being used to kill mosquitoes was linked to the cases of microcephaly, not the Zika virus itself.

The outbreak of Zika, a mosquito - borne disease, was detected last year in Brazil, where it has been linked to more than 1,700 cases of microcephaly, a birth defect marked by small head size that can lead to severe developmental problems.

It has been linked to more than 1,600 cases of microcephaly in Brazil.

The team who found a range of fetal conditions beyond microcephaly, all linked to the virus, suggest calling it Zika virus congenital syndrome

In contrast, the latest World Health Organization (WHO) «situation report,» with data current to 7 December, said that Colombia had only reported 60 cases of microcephaly or central nervous system malformations potentially linked to Zika.

«The majority of cases of microcephaly and other central nervous system defects are still undergoing investigation to determine whether they are linked to Zika virus infection during pregnancy,» a CDC spokesperson told ScienceInsider.

Researchers have linked Zika virus to microcephaly — a birth defect affecting the heads and brains of infants born to infected mothers.

As evidence grew for a causal link between Zika infection and microcephaly and other serious congenital anomalies (1), the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Latin American Zika epidemic a public health emergency of international concern in February 2016 (2).

Zika made international headlines when it was linked to an epidemic of babies born with microcephaly in Brazil.

Zika virus infection during pregnancy has been linked to congenital brain abnormalities, including microcephaly, and Zika virus is a trigger of Guillain - Barré syndrome.

In tandem with the declaration, the committee made two major recommendations: Standardize surveillance for microcephaly and other neurological disorders in places where Zika is spreading, and intensify research to discern whether the clusters of cases are truly linked to the virus.

Increasingly strong links between the spread of Zika virus and microcephaly in newborns led the World Health Organization (WHO) today to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

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).

«The increased number of newborns with microcephaly observed during the Zika outbreak in Brazil is linked to Zika infection of the mother during early pregnancy,» explains Drexler.

In 2015, the Zika virus began spreading throughout the Americas and a potential link was seen between the virus and a significant increase in cases of fetal microcephaly, as well as other neurologic abnormalities.

Scientists believe there is a link between microcephaly and Zika, and a growing body of evidence supports this claim.

But Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, said its findings offer «potentially important» new information about the link between Zika and microcephaly.

Strengthening the link between Zika virus and microcephaly, scientists at UC San Francisco have discovered that a protein the virus uses to infect skin cells and cause a rash is present also in stem cells of the developing human brain and retina.

The studies add to the understanding of how the virus appears to be linked to the thousands of babies in Brazil who are being born with microcephaly, a condition marked by an abnormally small head and that appear to be accompanied by brain defects in many cases related to Zika.

However, this is precisely the type of question that researchers are now seeking to answer with the additional funding and resource made available following the WHO statement yesterday declaring the potential link between Zika virus and microcephaly as a public health emergency of internal concern.»

So far, Colombia has reported 11 such cases of Zika - linked microcephaly.

But Zika wasn't linked to high rates of microcephaly until a Brazil outbreak in 2015 and 2016.

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.

Brazil has reported the vast majority of cases of a Zika - linked birth defect called microcephaly, which causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads and malformed brains.

The CDC said the precaution is in place «until we know more» about the dangers of sexual transmission of the mosquito - borne virus, which is linked to thousands of cases of microcephaly in newborns in Brazil.

Thousands of babies have been born with Zika - linked microcephaly, most of them in Brazil, since an outbreak began in South America in April 2015.

In the analysis, Mariana Leal, of the Hospital Agamenon Magalhaes and the Federal University of Pernambuco in Brazil, and colleagues looked at 70 infants in Brazil who had been diagnosed with Zika - linked microcephaly.

Brazil, especially, has reported the vast majority of cases of Zika - linked microcephaly.

Expectant mothers are most at risk because of Zika's known link to birth defects (especially microcephaly, where a baby's head is smaller than normal at birth).