A child with signs of microcephaly, which causes the virus, Zeke, was born in new Jersey on Tuesday, said hospital staff.
The child and mother are in stable condition and recuperating after a caesarean section, said Dr. Abdullah al-Hagan, Director of maternal fetal medicine at Hackensack University Medical Center.
The doctors did an ultrasound, when she came to the medical center on Friday. Ultrasound examination showed that the child has discovered "significant microcephaly", including the expansion of the ventricle of the brain, reported al-Kahan.
Studies have been conducted to rule out other causes of the synthesis abnormalities. "When I saw her today, I was pretty much sure it was Zeke," said the doctor.
The mother went to the United States from Honduras in the hope of receiving better medical care because she knew that her child may have problems because of the virus, Zeke.
The doctors think she was infected during the second trimester of pregnancy. She suffered from fever and rash, all that is known about the virus is that it causes microcephaly in the fetus and other neurological disorders. The doctors contacted the U.S. centers for control and disease prevention, to check the woman for the virus, Zeke.
In January, health officials confirmed that the child with severe symptoms of microcephaly was born in Hawaii. Earlier this month, officials from Puerto Rico have confirmed the first case of a fetus with severe microcephaly associated with local transmission of the virus.
Dr. al-Hagan said believes that this will be the third event of the birth of a child with symptoms of microcephaly in the United States, but first in the North-East. There are more than 300 pregnant women who are infected with a virus in the United States and
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