- Child was born in Harris County on Tuesday, died shortly after
- She had microcephaly and shrunken head – birth defects related to Zika
- 15 babies have been born with Zika in the US, 6 pregnancies were lost
Mia De Graaf For Dailymail.com
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A newborn baby girl with Zika-related birth defects has died in Texas.
It is the first case of a death from the mosquito-borne virus in the state.
The child became infected in the womb while her mother traveled to Latin America, Texas health officials said on Tuesday.
She died in Harris County shortly after birth and had microcephaly, a birth defect marked by small head size that can lead to severe developmental problems in babies.
Zika baby death in Texas: A girl (not picture, file image) died shortly after being born this week in Texas. She became infected with Zika in the womb when her mother went to Latin America
As of July 28, 479 pregnant women in America had been diagnosed with Zika.
To date, 15 infants have been born in the US with birth defects related to the virus.
Another six fetuses were stillborn, miscarried or aborted.
U.S. health officials have concluded that Zika infections in pregnant women can cause microcephaly.
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‘The mother and baby are classified as travel-related cases, and there is no additional associated risk in Texas,’ the department said in a statement.
The department said the infant died recently, but did not say precisely when.
It also did not identify the country to which the mother had traveled, the name of the mother or the baby’s gender.
The mosquito-borne virus has been linked to a spike in microcephaly in Brazil.
The Zika outbreak first came to light last fall in Brazil and has spread rapidly in the Americas.
To date, 15 infants have been born in the US with birth defects related to the virus. Another six fetuses were stillborn, miscarried or aborted
Texas has reported 97 cases of Zika infection, including the two infants with microcephaly, the department said, adding there have been no reported cases of Zika transmitted by mosquitoes in Texas.
Florida is the only U.S. state where people have has been infected locally by a mosquito bite.
The news comes as Florida struggles to contain the virus in Miami.
On Monday, the state reported its 17th case of locally-transmitted Zika – this time in another county.
The patient resides in Palm Beach County, a few miles north of Miami, which is the epicenter of America’s current localized outbreak.
It is not clear whether the person contracted the virus in Palm Beach or on a recent trip to Miami.
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