234 Zika Infections in Expectant Mothers have been Found and Confirmed
The U.S Zika Pregnancy Registry, chosen by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has confirmed that Zika virus has affected expectant women in the US.Since June 9, 2016,234 pregnant women tested positive in the U.S alone.Other cases were discovered in one hundred and eighty-nine other territories in the U.S and the District of Colombia.
According to the experts in the CDC,Zika is an infection that is provoked by mosquito bites.And when a pregnant woman is bitten,the virus causes her developing fetus to have microcephaly. This is a case where the baby’s skull is too small and abnormal,and this might be accompanied by brain defects.The virus is also sexually transmitted and it has been found in the amniotic fluid, brain …show more content…
As aforesaid,Microcephalic babies’ brains are not fully developed and they have an abnormally tiny head and cognitive disorders.
As Denise Jamieson said,the danger of an infected mother delivering a baby with birth defects is relatively big—one to fifteen percent.She stressed that babies with Microcephaly disorders are starting to be born in the U.S.No matter where the victims are discovered, their symptoms seem to be much related,Jamieson added.Research that has been done so far indicates that Zika virus does not have harsh effects on other people.It is only women who are pregnant and their growing fetuses that are in big danger.
About eighty percent of healthy people who have been bitten by this mosquito never know they have been infected.Though it may cause fever and rashes,they only last a few weeks and the person may feel better without visiting the
The U.S Zika Pregnancy Registry, chosen by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has confirmed that Zika virus has affected expectant women in the US.Since June 9, 2016,234 pregnant women tested positive in the U.S alone.Other cases were discovered in one hundred and eighty-nine other territories in the U.S and the District of Colombia.
According to the experts in the CDC,Zika is an infection that is provoked by mosquito bites.And when a pregnant woman is bitten,the virus causes her developing fetus to have microcephaly. This is a case where the baby’s skull is too small and abnormal,and this might be accompanied by brain defects.The virus is also sexually transmitted and it has been found in the amniotic fluid, brain …show more content…
As aforesaid,Microcephalic babies’ brains are not fully developed and they have an abnormally tiny head and cognitive disorders.
As Denise Jamieson said,the danger of an infected mother delivering a baby with birth defects is relatively big—one to fifteen percent.She stressed that babies with Microcephaly disorders are starting to be born in the U.S.No matter where the victims are discovered, their symptoms seem to be much related,Jamieson added.Research that has been done so far indicates that Zika virus does not have harsh effects on other people.It is only women who are pregnant and their growing fetuses that are in big danger.
About eighty percent of healthy people who have been bitten by this mosquito never know they have been infected.Though it may cause fever and rashes,they only last a few weeks and the person may feel better without visiting the