OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - An Omaha woman infected with the Zika virus while pregnant has delivered a healthy baby girl.
The Omaha World-Herald reports (https://bit.ly/2pCZVmG ) that Evelyn Suastegui gave birth to the girl on Tuesday. Suastegui was the first pregnant woman in Nebraska to have a confirmed case of the mosquito-borne virus.
Suastegui had said she began feeling ill while vacationing last year in Mexico. Her Zika infection - and pregnancy - were diagnosed after she returned to Nebraska.
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Doctors spent the rest of her pregnancy checking for fetal abnormalities.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that 1 in 10 pregnant women in the continental United States with a confirmed Zika infection delivered a baby with serious defects.
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Information from: Omaha World-Herald, https://www.omaha.com
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