(Bloomberg) -- Nine American women who traveled to Zika-affected countries while pregnant have tested positive for the virus, the Centers for Disease Control reported. Of the nine, one gave birth to an infant with severe microcephaly, an affliction marked by an abnormally small head that scientists think may be linked to the disease.
At least one of two women who terminated their pregnancy did so after brain abnormalities were detected, CDC officials said Friday, while two other pregnancies ended spontaneously in the first trimester. The health agency cautioned that it's still too soon to say whether Zika caused the birth defects or miscarriages.
Pregnant women should delay travel to areas of Latin America and the Caribbean
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