Carian mengenai topik birth defects

The measure is to prevent neural tube defects, such as spina bifida.

Pregnant women face the risk of being infected with the Zika virus throughout the pregnancy period as it is associated with birth defects.

Researchers have found that the Zika virus can live in eyes, and research in mice may help explain why some Zika patients develop eye disease.

Hong Kong authorities reported the citys first Zika virus infection Thursday, which they described as an imported case of the disease blamed for birth defects.

The decision was based in part on a series of studies in Brazil, where thousands of babies were born last year with birth defects.

Brazilian scientists studying the Zika virus made a worrisome discovery - that the virus may be associated with a second serious brain issue in adults.

Until Zika, "there has never been a mosquito-borne virus that could cause serious defects on a such a large scale," top US health officials said.

Scientists said they had confirmed that the Zika virus blamed for severe birth defects can also trigger a dangerous neurological disorder.

This small Colombian city has had five cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome in the past six weeks.

The World Bank announced Thursday that it is providing $150 million to help countries in Latin America and the Caribbean fight the Zika virus.

Two US women who contracted the Zika virus while traveling out of the country miscarried after returning home and the virus was found in their placentas.

China confirmed its first imported case of Zika late Tuesday, Xinhua reported.

Terbaharu, virus Zika dilaporkan telah dikesan Indonesia dan Australia.

The surge of serious birth defects in South America is"strongly suspected" of being caused by the Zika virus and has constituted an international health emergency.

The Zika virus existed for decades in equatorial zones of Asia and Africa. Then, about 10 years ago, it cropped up on various Pacific islands.