Image of Eye in Baby with Zika-Induced Microcephaly Showing Retinal Blood Vessel Termination (IMAGE)

American Academy of Ophthalmology

Image of Eye in Baby with Zika-Induced Microcephaly Showing Retinal Blood Vessel Termination

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This image illustrates the early determination of retinal blood vessels in a baby with presumed Zika-induced microcephaly. Researchers from Brazil and Stanford University recently found additional eye abnormalities uch as this in babies with Zika-induced microcephaly, according to a new study being published online May 25, 2016 in the journal Ophthalmology, journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

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Copyright 2016, <i>Ophthalmology</i>, journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology

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