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Study details how Zika damages fetal brain

For the first time, abnormal brain development following a Zika infection during pregnancy has been documented experimentally in the offspring of a non-human primate.  

The researchers’ observations of how Zika virus arrested fetal brain formation in a pigtail macaque could provide a model for testing therapeutic interventions. 

The findings are reported Sept. 12 in Nature Medicine. Read the scientific paper.