Can Testing Placental Tissue Confirm Zika Infection?
Zika infection can be ruled out or confirmed by testing fetal and placental tissue according to a study published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Zika infection can be ruled out or confirmed by testing fetal and placental tissue according to a study published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Evidence of the virus was found in multiple samples for a month after infection.
The waiting period has been extended past the 8 week mark.
The CDC urges pregnant women to avoid non-essential travel to the region.
Based on these findings, researchers have begun clinical safety trials in healthy humans.
Brain abnormalities are similar in both confirmed and presumed Zika infection.