Zika virus infection during pregnancy and microcephaly occurrence: a review of literature and Brazilian data

In November of 2015, the Ministry of Health of Brazil published an announcement confirming the relationship between Zika virus and the microcephaly outbreak in the Northeast, suggesting that infected pregnant women might have transmitted the virus to their fetuses. The objectives of this study were...

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Main Authors: Newton Sérgio De Carvalho, Beatriz Freitas De Carvalho, Cyllian Arias Fugaça, Bruna Dóris, Evellyn Silverio Biscaia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-05-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867016300496