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Costa Rica confirms microcephaly birth, possible Zika link
Published May 23, 2016 Reuters
SAN JOSE ? A Salvadoran woman suspected of being infected with the Zika virus has given birth in Costa Rica to a baby girl that tested positive for microcephaly, a rare birth defect, authorities said on Friday.
Costa Rican health officials said the woman entered the country from her native El Salvador in April.
If confirmed, the case would mark the sixth instance of microcephaly linked to a Zika infection in Central America and the first in Costa Rica.
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http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/...ms-microcephaly-birth-possible-zika-link.html
Published May 23, 2016 Reuters
SAN JOSE ? A Salvadoran woman suspected of being infected with the Zika virus has given birth in Costa Rica to a baby girl that tested positive for microcephaly, a rare birth defect, authorities said on Friday.
Costa Rican health officials said the woman entered the country from her native El Salvador in April.
If confirmed, the case would mark the sixth instance of microcephaly linked to a Zika infection in Central America and the first in Costa Rica.
...
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/...ms-microcephaly-birth-possible-zika-link.html