Health authorities established the link between microcephaly in babies and the Zika virus, transmitted by mosquitoes that spread dengue, after identifying the virus in a deceased baby born with microcephaly and other genetic diseases (AFP Photo/Luis Acosta)
El Salvador on Tuesday confirmed its first case of microcephaly in a baby that was linked to a Zika infection in the mother.
Microcephaly is a birth defect that causes an abnormally small head and deformed brain.
Health Minister Violeta Menjivar said the infant was born in April to a family living in the country’s central La Paz province, and the Zika connection was proved “a short while ago.”
El Salvador on Tuesday confirmed its first case of microcephaly in a baby that was linked to a Zika infection in the mother.
Microcephaly is a birth defect that causes an abnormally small head and deformed brain.
Health Minister Violeta Menjivar said the infant was born in April to a family living in the country’s central La Paz province, and the Zika connection was proved “a short while ago.”
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