Trophoblasts, cells present during development in the fetus and placenta that also circulate in a pregnant woman’s bloodstream, could potentially be used for noninvasive prenatal
Zika virus (ZIKV) was discovered in Africa in 1947. Its impact on public health seemed restricted to sporadic local outbreaks associated with an illness characterized
The mosquito-borne Zika virus that recently spread rapidly throughout the Americas shares many characteristics with another virus: dengue. Both are flaviviruses, which are enveloped, sphere-shape
Pregnant women and their children bear the destructive brunt of Zika, and since appreciating the connection between prenatal viral infection and the irreparable fetal harm