Title: Recognizing the Global Impact of Zika Virus Infection during Pregnancy
Abstract: In 2016, recognition of the causal relationship between Zika virus (ZIKV) infection during pregnancy and serious birth defects, including brain abnormalities and microcephaly, forever changed the public health approach to this virus1; the potential threat to pregnancies extends to residents of and travelers to nearly 100 countries and territories in which there is an ongoing risk of infection with ZIKV (https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/zika-information). This virus has long been endemic in many countries in Africa and Asia, but reports of ZIKV disease in these settings have been relatively rare.2 The prevalence of ZIKV infection in countries in which the virus is endemic is . . .