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How Zika interferes with normal fetal development

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Aug. 29, 2016—An Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine study analyzes evidence from nine postmortem examinations and related studies of fetuses and infants with intrauterine Zika virus infection and microcephaly. Author David A. Schwartz, MD, concludes “the Zika virus has a strong predilection for cells of the fetal central nervous system following vertical transmission.” Read the early online release.

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