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Zika virus mutation responsible for quick spread, birth defects uncovered – News-Medical.Net
A multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has uncovered a Zika virus mutation that may be responsible for the explosive viral transmission in 2015/2016 and for the cause of microcephaly (babies with small heads) born to…
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Aug 3 2020
A multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has uncovered a Zika virus mutation that may be responsible for the explosive viral transmission in 2015/2016 and for the cause of microcephaly (babies with small heads) born to infected pregnant women. The study is currently available in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences.
The Zika virus caused a global epidemic in 2015 and 2016. Like West Nile, dengue, yello…
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