Potential birth defects from Zika virus are discussed in a new Vancouver Sun article.
Pregnant women infected with the virus could give birth to babies with microcephaly, a condition that results in an abnormally small head.
“Unfortunately, ultrasound cannot reliably detect microcephaly until late in the second trimester and there is no gestational age by which microcephaly can be ruled out,” wrote UBC epidemiologist Patrick David, director of the School of Population and Public Health, in a recent journal article.
