New England Journal of Medicine · 2016 · 437 citations · 5 references
MedicineInfectious DiseasesObstetricsEpidemiologyOutbreak InvestigationPerinatal EpidemiologyAntenatal Risk AssessmentEncephalitisPregnancyFetal Infection RiskInfections In PregnancyMaternal Zika Virus InfectionPerinatal Infection Risk AssessmentRisk Of Infection AssessmentVector Infection RatesZika Virus TransmissionZoonotic Vector Risk
An analysis of data from Brazil reveals a strong association between the risk of microcephaly in a newborn and the risk of Zika virus infection during the mother's first trimester of pregnancy. The association in the second and third trimesters was negligible.
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