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It is a 6.5 pound girl who was born on July 17, in good general condition in the San Bartolomé hospital, Neiba, Baoruco province.

 The National Epidemiological Surveillance System (MOH), Ministry of Dominican Health reported the second case with morphological features compatible with microcephaly, said Friday the Department of Maternal and Child Health and Adolescent (DIGEMIA).

This is a girl 6.5lbs who was born on July 17, in good general condition in the San Bartolomé hospital, Neiba province Baoruco, with head circumference compatible with microcephaly, said the director of DIGEMIA, José Mordán, through a statement posted on the website of the Ministry.

The mother did not present history of virus infection during pregnancy, so the hospital authorities sent the sample to the reference laboratory and awaiting results of tests to establish any link with the disease.

At the moment, the newborn was performed a neurological evaluation to determine the category of the case of microcephaly.

http://www.primerahora.com/noticias/mundo/nota/republicadominicanareportaelsegundocasodebebeconmicrocefalia-1166156/

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Dominican Republic reported the second case of baby with microcephaly

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At the moment, the newborn was performed a neurological evaluation to determine the category of the case of microcephaly. (Archive) 
It is a 6.5 pound girl who was born on July 17, in good general condition in the San Bartolomé hospital, Neiba, Baoruco province.

 The National Epidemiological Surveillance System (MOH), Ministry of Dominican Health reported the second case with morphological features compatible with microcephaly, said Friday the Department of Maternal and Child Health and Adolescent (DIGEMIA).

This is a girl 6.5lbs who was born on July 17, in good general condition in the San Bartolomé hospital, Neiba province Baoruco, with head circumference compatible with microcephaly, said the director of DIGEMIA, José Mordán, through a statement posted on the website of the Ministry.

The mother did not present history of virus infection during pregnancy, so the hospital authorities sent the sample to the reference laboratory and awaiting results of tests to establish any link with the disease.

At the moment, the newborn was performed a neurological evaluation to determine the category of the case of microcephaly.

The small and her mother were admitted to the pediatric services and obstetrics hospital, respectively, where they remain under medical supervision.

At the end of last June a case of microcephaly was recorded in the municipality of La Discovered, Independencia province, very near the town of Neiba, Baoruco province, about 250 kilometers.

They are not yet available the results of clinical tests to establish whether or not the case is linked to the Zika virus.

In order to prevent births of children with this malformation, since there was international health alert last January, the Ministry of Health asked women of childbearing age and their partners to postpone pregnancy until lower the epidemic curve the zika .

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Baby born with microcephaly in Dominican Republic
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In the Dominican Republic, raising fears among women by the appearance of a new case of microcephaly that could be associated with the Zika virus.

http://www.wapa.tv/noticias/internacionales/nace-bebe-con-microcefalia-en-republica-dominicana_20131122276994.html

 

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Ministry of Health reports second case microcephaly

 
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The National Epidemiological Surveillance System (MOH), Ministry of Health reported record second case compatible morphological features with microcephaly. 
The General Directorate of Maternal and Child Health and Adolescent (DIGEMIA) said it is a girl of 6.5 pounds, born 17 in good condition at the San Bartolomé hospital, Neiba, Baoruco, with head circumference compatible with microcephaly. 
said in a note that the mother has no history of infection by the virus zika during pregnancy. 
the report states that the authorities the hospital sent the sample to the reference laboratory and confirmatory hope to establish any link with the virus tests. 
Meanwhile, the newborn was referred for neurological evaluation and determine the category of the case of microcephaly. Mother and daughter were discharged and are under monitoring of pediatrics and obstetrics hospital. 
He recalled that in late June was a case of microcephaly in the Open, Independencia province, very near Neiba. Both part of Region IV of Health, Barahona and Pedernales.

In order to prevent births of children in this malformation, since January, the Ministry of Health asked fertile couples to postpone pregnancy until the epidemic curve down zika, exhortation maintained.

http://hoy.com.do/ministerio-de-salud-reporta-segundo-caso-microcefalia

 

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