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Doctors Brace for Zika Babies
The Checkup
By PERRI KLASS, M.D. SEPT. 26, 2016
This month, the first group of babies in Puerto Rico known to have been exposed to the Zika virus in their first trimester are being born. Pediatricians do not know what to expect.
?This is not like any other outbreak or epidemic,? said Dr. Fernando Ysern, a pediatrician in Caguas, Puerto Rico, who is the president of the Puerto Rico chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
...While Puerto Rico, a United States territory, will experience the first wave of children affected by Zika, the rest of the United States is bracing for the spread of the virus.
As of Sept. 23, the Puerto Rico Department of Health reported 22,358 cases of Zika exposure, including 1,871 pregnant women. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?s latest statistics, as of Sept. 15, list 1,348 pregnant women with ?any laboratory evidence of possible Zika virus infection? in United States territories and 749 in the United States.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/26/well/family/doctors-brace-for-zika-babies.html?_r=0
The Checkup
By PERRI KLASS, M.D. SEPT. 26, 2016
This month, the first group of babies in Puerto Rico known to have been exposed to the Zika virus in their first trimester are being born. Pediatricians do not know what to expect.
?This is not like any other outbreak or epidemic,? said Dr. Fernando Ysern, a pediatrician in Caguas, Puerto Rico, who is the president of the Puerto Rico chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
...While Puerto Rico, a United States territory, will experience the first wave of children affected by Zika, the rest of the United States is bracing for the spread of the virus.
As of Sept. 23, the Puerto Rico Department of Health reported 22,358 cases of Zika exposure, including 1,871 pregnant women. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?s latest statistics, as of Sept. 15, list 1,348 pregnant women with ?any laboratory evidence of possible Zika virus infection? in United States territories and 749 in the United States.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/26/well/family/doctors-brace-for-zika-babies.html?_r=0