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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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Autores principales: de Noronha, Lucia, Zanluca, Camila, Azevedo, Marina Luize Viola, Luz, Kleber Giovanni, dos Santos, Claudia Nunes Duarte
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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