Tens of thousands of babies may be born with Zika disorders: study

25 July 2016 - 19:11
By Mariƫtte Le Roux

Tens of thousands of babies may be born with debilitating Zika-related disorders in the course of the outbreak sweeping through Latin America and the Caribbean, researchers said Monday.Mathematical projections suggest about 93.4 million people may catch the virus - including some 1.65 million pregnant women -- before the epidemic fizzles out, a team reported in the journal Nature Microbiology.

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