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CDC Online NewsroomUnited States15 December 2016

CDC Releases Preliminary Estimates of Birth Defects Following Zika Virus Infection in Pregnancy - Press Release

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In a new report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, CDC scientists used preliminary data from the US Zika Pregnancy Registry (USZPR) to estimate that 6 percent of completed pregnancies following Zika virus infection were affected by one or more birth defects potentially related to Zika virus infection during pregnancy.
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