Macula, optic nerve defects common in congenital Zika syndrome

All infants with suspected congenital Zika syndrome have been found to have vision impairment, S. Grace Prakalapakorn, MD, PhD, assistant professor of ophthalmology and pediatrics at Duke University, said during the Zika Virus and Your Eyes webinar hosted by Prevent Blindness.
“Zika virus infection during pregnancy and its effects are historic,” Emily Petersen, MD, Pregnancy and Birth Defects Task Force at the CDC, said in her overview of the virus. “Never before in history has there been a situation where a bite from a mosquito could result in a devastating (Read more...)

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