Brazil struggles to cope with Zika epidemic
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Brazil struggles to cope with Zika epidemic.
Silvana Nascimento was already into her third trimester before doctors noticed that her fetus probably had microcephaly. And even then the warning signs were picked up only after she was transferred 170 km from her rural Brazilian village to a public hospital in the city of Recife because of complications associated with her diabetes. The 23 year old mother of three was not aware of the risk as...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1756-1833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i1226