Evidence of zika virus infection in brain and placental tissues from two congenitally infected newborns and two fetal losses — Brazil, 2015

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 159-160

  Martines, Roosecelis Brasil ^a   Bhatnagar, Julu ^a   Keating, M Kelly ^a   Silva Flannery, Luciana ^a   Muehlenbachs, Atis ^a   Gary, Joy ^a   Goldsmith, Cynthia ^a   Hale, Gillian ^a   Ritter, Jana ^a   Rollin, Dominique ^a   Shieh, Wun Ju ^a   Luz, Kleber G ^b   de Oliveira Ramos, Ana Maria ^b   Davi, Helaine Pompeia Freire ^c   de Oliveria, Wanderson Kleber ^d   Lanciotti, Robert ^e   Lambert, Amy ^e   Zaki, Sherif ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^c State Service for Ascertaining Death in the State of Rio Grande do Norte   (Brazil)

^d MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^e CDC

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

BRAIN; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VIROLOGY; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BRAIN; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RNA, VIRAL; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84959554660     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6506e1     Document Type: Article

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