Zika virus as a causative agent for primary microencephaly: the evidence so far

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 198, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 595-601

  Tang, Bor Luen ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Microcephaly; Neuroprogenitor cells; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONGENITAL INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FETAL BRAIN; HUMAN; MICROCEPHALY; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERATOGENESIS; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; VIROLOGY;

TERATOGENIC AGENT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; MICROCEPHALY; NEURAL STEM CELLS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TERATOGENS; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84978153352     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-016-1268-7     Document Type: Review

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