Young kids with congenital Zika syndrome have 13-fold higher death rate, study finds
University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 A new study of mortality rates among children younger than 5 years old in Brazil shows that children with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) had a 13-fold higher risk of death compared with those without CZS. The population-based study, published today in JAMA Network Open, was based on routine data collected on all children born from January 2015 to December 2018 in Brazil, with follow-up occurring until December 2020, or death. While CZS is
