By Marie Rosenthal
Texas health officials have confirmed that an infant who recently died in Harris County had microcephaly linked to Zika virus. The infant died shortly after birth, and is the first Zika-related death reported in the state.
During her pregnancy, the mother was in Latin America, where she was infected, and the infant acquired the infection in the womb. Recent test results confirmed the infant’s infection. The mother and infant are classified as travel-related cases, and