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| Graphic shows links between Zika virus and autoimmune disorders. |
April 15, 2016 -- The U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said there was an established link between pregnant women catching Zika and their babies developing microcephaly -- unusually small heads and brain damage -- as well as other neurological abnormalities.
A study at the Restoration Hospital in Recife, Brazil, followed patients with symptoms of arboviruses, the family of infectious agents that includes Zika and dengue, between December 2014 and June 2015.
Six people who tested positive for the Zika virus also developed neurological symptoms, two suffered attacks that swelled the brain and damaged its myelin, the fatty material that protects nerves there and at the spinal cord.
The research will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 68th Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada, April 15 to 21, 2016.
Six people who tested positive for the Zika virus also developed neurological symptoms, two suffered attacks that swelled the brain and damaged its myelin, the fatty material that protects nerves there and at the spinal cord.
The research will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 68th Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada, April 15 to 21, 2016.
