Birth defects among infants with Zika-linked microcephaly in Brazil 2015
This statistic is based on a study in Brazil showing Zika-linked birth defects among infants born with microcephaly from August to October 2015. It was found that 71 percent of infant participants with microcephaly suffered from a significantly abnormal head circumference. Brazil had seen a sharp rise in cases of microcephaly among newborns in 2015 believed to be connected with the spreading of the Zika virus.
