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Mystery deepens over Zika infections

By Reuters in Chicago, Illinois | China Daily | Updated: 2016-04-07 08:13

Researchers believe there are several other maladies to the disease beyond the obvious

Top Zika investigators now believe that the birth defect microcephaly and the paralyzing Guillain-Barre syndrome may be just the most obvious maladies caused by the mosquito-borne virus.

Fueling that suspicion are recent discoveries of serious brain and spinal cord infections - including encephalitis, meningitis and myelitis - in people exposed to Zika.

Mystery deepens over Zika infections

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