Life | Mon Jun 20, 2016 11:37am EDT Related: HEALTH
Zika's impact on children will require new medical approach: expert
BY BILL BERKROT
The spread of Zika virus through the Americas is likely to affect tens of thousands of children with a wide range of neurological and psychiatric problems in the next year, requiring a new approach to their care, a leading U.S. disease expert said on Monday.
Dr. Peter Hotez, of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, wrote in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics that a host of pediatric specialists, including neurologists and experts in rehabilitation medicine "will need to mobilize quickly to get ahead of this fast-moving train."
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"We will likely need to educate and train a new generation of primary care providers, including pediatricians and pediatric nurse practitioners," Hotez wrote. "We will need to assemble interdisciplinary teams of pediatric specialists ... we will need new programs of child advocacy."
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He warned that more than 1 million pregnancies could be at risk of Zika exposure in U.S. Gulf Coast states.
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Zika's impact on children will require new medical approach: expert
BY BILL BERKROT
The spread of Zika virus through the Americas is likely to affect tens of thousands of children with a wide range of neurological and psychiatric problems in the next year, requiring a new approach to their care, a leading U.S. disease expert said on Monday.
Dr. Peter Hotez, of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, wrote in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics that a host of pediatric specialists, including neurologists and experts in rehabilitation medicine "will need to mobilize quickly to get ahead of this fast-moving train."
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"We will likely need to educate and train a new generation of primary care providers, including pediatricians and pediatric nurse practitioners," Hotez wrote. "We will need to assemble interdisciplinary teams of pediatric specialists ... we will need new programs of child advocacy."
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He warned that more than 1 million pregnancies could be at risk of Zika exposure in U.S. Gulf Coast states.
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