Microcephaly Found in Babies of Zika-Infected Monthers Months After Birth
- Document
- Posted on: 11.22.2016
- Author(s):
- Pam Belluck
- Abstract
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It is the news that doctors and families in the heart of Zika territory had feared: Some babies not born with the unusually small heads that are the most severe hallmark of brain damage as a result of the virus have developed the condition, called microcephaly, as they have grown older.
The findings were reported in a study of 13 babies in Brazil that was published Tuesday in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. At birth, none of the babies had heads small enough to receive a diagnosis of microcephaly, but months later, 11 of them did.
