Zika virus and microcephaly: is the correlation causal or coincidental?

New Microbiol. 2016 Apr;39(2):83-5.

Affiliations

¹ National Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" - IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
² Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

PMID: 27196544

No abstract available

Keywords: Microcephaly; ZIKA Virus.

MeSH terms

Americas / epidemiology
Brain / pathology
Brain / virology
Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data
Female
Fetal Diseases / epidemiology
Fetal Diseases / pathology
Fetal Diseases / virology
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Microcephaly / etiology*
Pregnancy
Zika Virus / pathogenicity*
Zika Virus Infection / complications*
Zika Virus Infection / epidemiology