Two new studies add important details to what doctors know about the Zika virus and the damage it does to babies' brains.
One finds clear Zika damage in 6 percent of all
babies born to women infected with Zika in the U.S. - and 11 percent of
those infected early in pregnancy.
A second study finds the virus can stay and grow in the brain of a
developing fetus and also may help explain how the virus gets from a
mother into her baby in the first place.
Taken together, they paint a clearer picture of
the risk and help confirm that the earlier in pregnancy a woman is
infected with Zika, the worse it is for her baby.
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Source: NBC News
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