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SUBMITTER: Shah A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4947422 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Neurotoxicity research 20160603 2
In view of the recent outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKV), there is an urgent need to investigate the pathogenesis of the symptoms associated with ZIKV infection. Since the first identification of the virus in 1947, the pathologies associated with ZIKV infection were thought to be limited with mild illness that presented fever, rashes, muscle aches, and weakness. However, ZIKV infection has been shown to cause Guillain-Barré Syndrome, and numerous cases of congenital microcephaly in children have been ...[more]