
An update on Zika infection and pregnancy - Infectious Thoughts
Siouxsie Wiles • Mar 16, 2016 •
New research which looked at the data from the 2013-2014 outbreak of Zika in French Polynesia, estimates that the risk of microcephaly is about 1 for every 100 women infected with the Zika virus during the first trimester of pregnancy. Zika is the virus spread by mosquitoes (and more rarely by sexual transmission) that … Read More