Nature
Volume 534 Number 7606 pp152-290 9 June 2016
http://www.nature.com/nature/current_issue.html

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Letters
The Brazilian Zika virus strain causes birth defects in experimental models
Fernanda R. Cugola, Isabella R. Fernandes, Fabiele B. Russo, Beatriz C. Freitas, João L. M. Dias
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The Zika virus can cross the placenta and cause intrauterine growth restriction, including microcephaly, in the SJL strain of mice; the virus can also infect human brain organoids, inducing cell death by apoptosis and disrupting cortical layers.