DECEMBER 14, 2017

Children With Congenital Zika Face Serious Challenges as They Grow

By IDSE News Staff

At ages 19 to 24 months, most children born with microcephaly and evidence of congenital Zika virus infection face severe health and developmental challenges that have left many blind, deaf and with severe motor disabilities, according to experts (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2017;66(49):1347-1351).

The report by the CDC and the State Health Secretariat of Paraíba and the Ministry of Health of Brazil is the first to describe the health and developmental effects of