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The BMJ

Authors:

Anne Gulland   

The Zika virus may be linked to other congenital malformations, not just microcephaly, a Brazilian public health expert has warned. Paulo Buss, director of the global health centre at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Rio de Janeiro, told a press conference that scientists were still not “aware of all the consequences” of infection with the virus. “The extent to which the epidemic will affect pregnant mothers is not known, nor what the outcome of their babies will be,” he said. “Other manifestations may emerge.”

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