Zika's Negative Effects, As Seen in Human Newborns, Persist in Adults, Mouse Study Shows (IMAGE)

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Zika's Negative Effects, As Seen in Human Newborns, Persist in Adults, Mouse Study Shows

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Zika infection during pregnancy can lead to birth defects such as microcephaly, and a new study shows it can cause other complications in infant mice such as seizures and motor deficits that persist into adulthood. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 6 June, issue of <i>Science Translational Medicine</i>, published by AAAS. The paper, by I. Nem de Oliveira Souza at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and colleagues was titled, "Acute and chronic neurological consequences of early-life Zika virus infection in mice."

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Image by Fernanda Barros-Arag&atilde;o, based on Nem de Oliveira Souza<i> et al., Sci Transl Med</i>, 2018

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