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Zika virus and birth defects: correlation or causation?
Author(s) -
Hassad Rossi A.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2016.00913.x
Subject(s) - zika virus , microcephaly , causation , pregnancy , medicine , virology , biology , pediatrics , virus , political science , law , genetics
Earlier this year, World Health Organization experts said that “a causal relationship between Zika infection during pregnancy and microcephaly is strongly suspected, though not yet scientifically proven”. How might scientists prove such a link?