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Volume 27, Number 2—February 2021
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Zika Virus–Associated Birth Defects, Costa Rica, 2016–2018

Adriana Benavides-LaraComments to Author , María de la Paz Barboza-Arguello, Mauricio González-Elizondo, Marcela Hernández-deMezerville, Helena Brenes-Chacón, Melissa Ramírez-Rojas, Catalina Ramírez-Hernández, Nereida Arjona-Ortegón, Shana Godfred-Cato, Diana Valencia, Cynthia A. Moore, and Alejandra Soriano-Fallas
Author affiliations: Instituto Costarricense de Investigación y Enseñanza en Nutrición y Salud, Cartago, Costa Rica (A. Benavides-Lara, M.P. Barboza-Arguello, M. González-Elizondo); Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social, San José, Costa Rica (M. Hernández-deMezerville, H. Brenes-Chacón, C. Ramírez-Hernández, N. Arjona Ortegón, A. Soriano-Fallas); Ministry of Health, San José (M. Ramírez-Rojas); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (S. Godfred-Cato, D. Valencia, C.A. Moore)

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Prevalence of Zika-virus–associated birth defects (no. cases/100,000 live births), by province, Costa Rica, March 2016–March 2018. Cases are distributed by place of residence of the mother, not by place of birth. The 2 provinces in which prevalence of Zika virus–associated birth defects was highest (Puntarenas and Limón) are on the coast and have a humid tropical climate.

Figure 4. Prevalence of Zika-virus–associated birth defects (no. cases/100,000 live births), by province, Costa Rica, March 2016–March 2018. Cases are distributed by place of residence of the mother, not by place of birth. The 2 provinces in which prevalence of Zika virus–associated birth defects was highest (Puntarenas and Limón) are on the coast and have a humid tropical climate.

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