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Maternal Fever During Early Pregnancy May Be Linked to Birth ...

A study from the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, in collaboration with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), found that women who reported having a fever before or during early pregnancy are more likely to have a baby than women who did not report having fever. However, women who reported having a fever before or during early pregnancy, but who consume 400 micrograms (mcg) per day, did not have an increased risk for having a baby is born with neural tube defects.

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is a common condition, expensive, and critically affecting 1 out of every 33 babies born in the United States each year. structural changes in birth defects present at birth that can affect almost any part or parts of the body (such as the heart, brain, face, arms, and legs). They can affect how the body looks, works, or both.

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Kerr BC, Parker SE, Mitchell AA, Tinker SC, Werler MM. Periconceptional fever mothers, folic acid intake and the risk of neural tube defects. Annals of Epidemiology. 2. November 2017