University of Texas Medical Branch: Researchers Uncovered the Zika Virus Mutation Responsible for Quick Spread, Birth Defects
August 04, 2020
August 04, 2020
GALVESTON, Texas, Aug. 4 -- The University of Texas Medical Branch issued the following news release:
A multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has uncovered a Zika virus mutation that may be responsible for the explosive viral transmission in 2015/2016 and for the cause of microcephaly (babies with small heads) born to infected pregnant women. The study is currently available in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences.
The Zi . . .
A multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has uncovered a Zika virus mutation that may be responsible for the explosive viral transmission in 2015/2016 and for the cause of microcephaly (babies with small heads) born to infected pregnant women. The study is currently available in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences.
The Zi . . .