Now study links zika virus to eye damage in babies

Now, study links Zika virus to
eye damage in babies
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Infants infected with the Zika virus may be born not only with unusually
small heads, but also with eye abnormalities that threaten vision,
researchers reported on Tuesday in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology .The
study described da mage to the retina or optic nerve in 10 of 29 newborns
examined at Roberto Santos General Hospital in Salvador, Brazil. All the
infants were presumed to have been infected with the Zika virus and had
small heads, a condition called microcephaly. Other causes of the defect, like
infection with rubella or toxoplasmosis, were ruled out.
Seven out of the 10 newborns had defects in both eyes, while three infants
had damage in a single eye.
The most common problems were black speckled lesions in the back of the
eye, large areas of tissue damage in the retina itself, or damage in the layer
of blood vessels and tissue below the retina.
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Exactly how much these babies can see is unknown at this point, said
Dr Lee M Jampol, a professor of ophthalmology at Northwestern
University, who co-wrote an editorial accompanying the study.
But, he added, when we can see these lesions, that means there's
damage. The lesions themselves can't be repaired. But the earlier you
make the diagnosis, the better, said Dr Rubens Belfort Jr, the paper's
senior author and a professor of ophthalmology at the Federal
University of Sao Paulo in Brazil.
Based on my experience, I would say a large number of these kids will
be blind, he added. The study' authors urged that all infants with
microcephaly routinely receive examinations for lesions in the eyes.
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China reports first case of virus
China's first case of the Zika virus has been found in a 34-year-old man who
recently traveled to Venezuela and is now making a speedy recovery, the
government said on Wednesday. The man from the southern city of Ganzhou
had been treated in Venezuela on January 28 before returning home on
February 5 via Hong Kong and the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.
The commission said he is being treated and that his temperature is now
normal and a skin rash is receding.
The commission said the chances of the virus spreading in China were
“extremely low“ due to cold winter temperatures and a lack of mosquito
activity.
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