Medical perspective on Zika virus- curtailing infection and awareness

Short Answers to Hard Questions About Zika Virus

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The Zika virus has been linked to unusually small heads and brain damage in newborns — called microcephaly — in children born to infected mothers, as well as blindness, deafness, seizures and other congenital defects.

 



In adults, the virus is linked to a form of temporary paralysis, called Guillain-Barré syndrome.
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS and NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR UPDATED July 29, 2016 New York Times