Congenital Zika virus infection: More than just microcephaly

Sci Transl Med. 2017 Jun 7;9(393):eaan8195. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aan8195.

Author

Jonathan J Miner¹

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology, and Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA. Email: miner@wustl.edu.

PMID: 28592568
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aan8195

Abstract

A nonhuman primate model demonstrates efficient vertical transmission of Zika virus.

Copyright © 2017, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Female
Macaca mulatta
Microcephaly*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious*
Zika Virus Infection*
Zika Virus*