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Zika virus damages the human placental barrier and presents marked fetal neurotropism
An unusually high incidence of microcephaly in newborns has recently been observed in Brazil. There is a temporal association between the increase in cases of microcephaly and the Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic. Viral RNA has been detected in amniotic fluid samples, placental tissues and newborn and fet...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4878297/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27143490 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0074-02760160085 |