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CDC Confirms Zika Virus Does Cause Microcephaly
Wed, 2016-04-13 22:21 — Kathy GilbeauxCLICK HERE - CDC Concludes Zika Causes Microcephaly and Other Birth Defects
CLICK HERE - NEJM - Zika Virus and Birth Defects — Reviewing the Evidence for Causality
It’s the first time US researchers have confirmed the link
theverge.com - by Loren Grush - April 13, 2016
For the first time, US disease experts have agreed that the mosquito-borne Zika virus does indeed cause babies to be born with abnormally small heads — a condition known as microcephaly. Until now, the two conditions were linked — but experts didn’t know for sure if Zika caused the brain-damaged condition. After reviewing existing data about Zika, researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have declared in the New England Journal of Medicine that the relationship was, as suspected, causal.
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