Available evidence of association between Zika virus and microcephaly

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 129, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 2347-2356

  Wu, Jing ^a   Huang, Da Yong ^b   Ma, Jun Tao ^c   Ma, Ying Hua ^d   Hu, Yi Fei ^e  

^a Open University of China   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c People's Liberation Army Medical Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^e CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Microcephaly; Pregnant woman; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MICROCEPHALY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; ZIKA FEVER; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; ZIKA VIRUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROCEPHALY; MUTATION; PREGNANCY; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84987880403     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0366-6999.190672     Document Type: Review

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