Warning to Families and Couples in Tropical Americas: Zika Spreading Fast.

[Alan Mighty]

Update ...

about 10% of pregnant women confirmed to have been infected with Zika virus in the continental US delivered babies afflicted with microcephaly or other brain disorders.


See:


https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/...cid=mm6613e1_w

[Steadman Uhlich]

Originally Posted by Alan Mighty

Update ...

about 10% of pregnant women confirmed to have been infected with Zika virus in the continental US delivered babies afflicted with microcephaly or other brain disorders.


See:


https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/...cid=mm6613e1_w

Wow!
That is scary. Higher percentage than I expected to see, for birth defects.

Here is an excerpt showing the countries where the test or report subjects had been exposed to Zika:

Birth defects were reported for 51 (5%) of the 972 completed pregnancies with laboratory evidence of possible recent Zika virus infection. The proportion was higher among completed pregnancies with confirmed Zika virus infection (24/250, 10%). Among completed pregnancies with confirmed Zika virus infection, 217 of 250 (87%) tested positive by RT-PCR, including 24 pregnancies with a fetus or infant with birth defects.

"Birth defects were reported in similar proportions of fetuses/infants whose mothers did and did not report symptoms of Zika virus disease during pregnancy. Brain abnormalities and/or microcephaly were reported in 43 (84%) of 51 fetuses/infants with birth defects. Among pregnancies with confirmed Zika virus infection, brain abnormalities and/or microcephaly were reported in 18 (75%) of 24 fetuses/infants with birth defects.

The 51 fetuses or infants with birth defects were from pregnancies with Zika virus exposure from the following 16 countries/territories with active Zika virus transmission: Barbados, Belize, Brazil, Cape Verde, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Republic of Marshall Islands, and Venezuela."

[barnakiel]

It seems different viruses give different probabilities of congenial infections and resulting damage.

I have seen 10% quoted as the low number when other than zika viruses mentioned.

Here is an easy to read overall material that talks thru the most common viruses and other vectors:

Congenital Infections - body, causes, What Are Congenital Infections?

Cheers (?)
b.