Zika Virus Disease and Pregnancy Outcomes in Colombia.
Martha L OspinaVan T TongMaritza GonzalezDiana ValenciaMarcela MercadoSuzanne M GilboaAndrea J RodriguezSarah C TinkerAngelica RicoChristina M WinfieldLissethe PardoJennifer D ThomasGreace AvilaJulie M VillanuevaSara GomezDenise J JamiesonFranklyn PrietoDana Meaney-DelmanOscar PachecoMargaret A HoneinPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2020)
In pregnant women with laboratory-confirmed ZVD, brain or eye defects in infants or fetuses were more common during the Zika virus outbreak than during the periods immediately before and after the outbreak. The frequency of such defects was increased among women with a symptom onset early in pregnancy. (Funded by the Colombian Instituto Nacional de Salud and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.).