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Zika virus and microcephaly

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 21 Mar 2016 English Publisher:CMA Joule Inc.Journal:Canadian Medical Association Journal, volume 188, pages E118-E119 (issn: 0820-3946, eissn: 1488-2329,

Authors: Marina I. Salvadori; Michelle Barton;

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.160179

pmid: 27001741

pmc: PMC4835294

Zika virus and microcephaly

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Abstract

Before 2015, Zika virus, a mosquito-transmitted flavivirus endemic to Africa and Southeast Asia, was thought to cause only a mild, self-limiting dengue-like illness. First discovered in 1947 in Uganda, the virus became epidemic in the Pacific islands 10 years ago. Several countries throughout South

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Western University
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Keywords

Pregnancy, Zika Virus Infection, Microcephaly, Humans, Infant, Female, Zika Virus, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious

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