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American Strain of Zika Virus Causes More Severe Microcephaly Than an Old Asian Strain in Neonatal Mice
20 Oct 2017
Abstract excerpt
Zika virus (ZIKV) has evolved from an overlooked mosquito-borne flavivirus into a global health threat due to its astonishing causal link to microcephaly and other disorders. ZIKV has been shown to infect neuronal progenitor cells of the fetal mouse brain, which is comparable to the first-trimester human fetal brain, and result in microcephaly. However, whether there are different effects between the contemporary...
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