Tag: study-supports
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Lab study supports linking Zika virus to brain birth defect
NEW YORK (AP) — A lab study has found that Zika can infect embryonic cells that help form the brain, adding to evidence that the virus causes a serious birth defect.
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Fetus of Venezuelan woman who likely had Zika dies; had microcephaly: doctors
By Alexandra Ulmer and Corina Pons CARACAS (Reuters) – A fetus whose mother likely had the Zika virus suffered the rare congenital defect known as microcephaly and ultimately died, doctors said on Friday, in the first Venezuelan case linking the infection to damage in babies. The mosquito-borne virus has been linked to thousands of suspected…