00963nas a2200157 4500000000100000008004100001653001500042653001300057653001200070100001200082245006400094856006600158300000900224520055800233022001400791 2016 d10aZika virus10aChildren10aAmerica1 aHotez P00aWhat does zika virus mean for the children of the Americas? uhttp://www.idahoperinatal.org/documents/Zika-and-Children.pdf aE1-33 a

As Zika virus infection spreads across the Latin American and Caribbean region and then into the southern United States, we can expect to see thousands of additional children born with microcephaly and possibly many more newborns or even older infants with signs of more subtle but significant neurologic defects and developmental delays. Just as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) / AIDS created a “new normal” in the field of pediatrics beginning in the 1990s, can we expect new paradigms in child health from Zika virus?

 

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