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W.H.O. Advises Delaying Pregnancy in Areas With Zika Transmission
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.JUNE 9, 2016
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The advice affects millions of couples in 46 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean where Zika transmission is ongoing or expected. At the moment, Puerto Rico is the only part of the United States known to have local transmission of the virus.
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W.H.O.’s new guidelines, however, effectively acknowledge that with no vaccine available and mosquito eradication efforts failing to slow transmission of the virus, delaying pregnancy may be the best way that women in affected areas can avoid having children with severe brain damage.
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“It’s about time,” said Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/10/he...nancy-who.html
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.JUNE 9, 2016
...
The advice affects millions of couples in 46 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean where Zika transmission is ongoing or expected. At the moment, Puerto Rico is the only part of the United States known to have local transmission of the virus.
...
W.H.O.’s new guidelines, however, effectively acknowledge that with no vaccine available and mosquito eradication efforts failing to slow transmission of the virus, delaying pregnancy may be the best way that women in affected areas can avoid having children with severe brain damage.
...
“It’s about time,” said Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine.
...
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/10/he...nancy-who.html
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