The explosion of cases of birth defects caused by Zika virus may be the "tip of the iceberg," experts said Sunday.
Many cases have probably been missed because
babies looked normal when they were born. But hidden birth defects are
almost certain to turn up as the babies grow, they told a meeting of
pediatricians Sunday in Baltimore.
"The microcephaly and other birth defects
we have been seeing could be the tip of the iceberg," Dr. Sonja
Rasmussen of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said at
the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies.
"The true burden of congenital disease with Zika
virus is probably underestimated," said Dr. Marco Safadi of the Santa
Casa Medical School in Sao Paulo, Brazil, who's been treating and
studying cases.
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