Developmental delays persist as Brazil’s Zika babies grow up
by Helen Branswell
Dec 12, 2018
2 minutes
The Zika virus has faded from the world’s headlines. But the damage the strange mosquito-borne virus inflicted on some children whose mothers were infected during pregnancy very much remains.
A new study, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, reports that in a group of Zika babies from Brazil who are being followed to assess their progress, 14 percent had severe developmental problems.
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