THE EFFECTS OF ZIKA VIRUS

THE EFFECTS OF ZIKA VIRUS

THE EFFECTS OF ZIKA VIRUS

• It may cause severe birth defects

  The Zika virus has been linked to a surge in the number of babies born with microcephaly in Brazil, a birth defect which causes infants to be born with abnormally small heads and corresponding brain damage.
  Health officials in Brazil report more than 4,000 babies in Brazil were born with microcephaly in recent months, up from fewer than 150 in 2014. Brazil's health officials say they're convinced the jump is connected to Zika. "We are looking at the beginning of an epidemic in a country that has in between 200,000 and 300,000 births per year," said Rodrigo Stabeli, vice president of the Rio de Janeiro-based Fiocruz research institute.

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• THE EFFECTS OF ZIKA VIRUS

• It may cause severe birth defects

  The Zika virus has been linked to a surge in the number of babies born with microcephaly in Brazil, a birth defect which causes infants to be born with abnormally small heads and corresponding brain damage.
  Health officials in Brazil report more than 4,000 babies in Brazil were born with microcephaly in recent months, up from fewer than 150 in 2014. Brazil's health officials say they're convinced the jump is connected to Zika. "We are looking at the beginning of an epidemic in a country that has in between 200,000 and 300,000 births per year," said Rodrigo Stabeli, vice president of the Rio de Janeiro-based Fiocruz research institute.