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In 2016, the World Health Organization declared the Zika infection an international public health emergency because of its connection with neurological disorders and birth defects. Since then, a lot has happened. There have been confirmed cases of Zika virus infection in the United States, and in April 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report of babies born in the U.S. whose mothers possibly had been infected with Zika virus.
Meiling Parker, MD, maternal-fetal medicine specialist with Minnesota Perinatal Physicians, a part of Allina Health, provides an update on Zika virus and what women and men who are planning for a family should know.
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Posted May 4, 2020
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