Genetic sleuths uncover Zika's viral secrets

Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 13:31 in Biology & Nature

A genetic analysis of seven distinct samples of Zika virus circulating in Brazil has filled in some mysterious gaps regarding the virus's identity, its port of entry in the Americas and its link to the birth defect microcephaly. Published Thursday in Science, the study reveals that the Zika virus...

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