Why is congenital Zika syndrome asymmetrically distributed among human populations?

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a health burden due to the severe neurological abnormalities that arise after congenital infection. Although multiple experimental studies have linked ZIKV with neural birth defects, the scientific community has not been able to fully explain why Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS) w...

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Main Authors: Jimena Barbeito-Andrés, Lavínia Schuler-Faccini, Patricia Pestana Garcez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-08-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2006592