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I?m an OB-GYN treating women with Zika: This is what it?s like
Author
Christine Curry
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Miami
August 5, 2016 11.28am EDT
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I teach and practice obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Miami Hospital and Jackson Memorial Hospital, and I treat pregnant women who have been infected with Zika: so far over a dozen women. We began preparing to care for infected women in January. Now, it is part of the daily care we provide. And with first known cases of local mosquito-borne transmission in the continental U.S. reported in Wynwood, a neighborhood in Miami, the risk has become even more real.
How am I, and other doctors who care for pregnant women, dealing with this new disease?
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Full article:
http://theconversation.com/im-an-ob...e-62463?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Author
Christine Curry
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Miami
August 5, 2016 11.28am EDT
...
I teach and practice obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Miami Hospital and Jackson Memorial Hospital, and I treat pregnant women who have been infected with Zika: so far over a dozen women. We began preparing to care for infected women in January. Now, it is part of the daily care we provide. And with first known cases of local mosquito-borne transmission in the continental U.S. reported in Wynwood, a neighborhood in Miami, the risk has become even more real.
How am I, and other doctors who care for pregnant women, dealing with this new disease?
...
Full article:
http://theconversation.com/im-an-ob...e-62463?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter