Zika Virus Infection in Pregnant Women in Rio de Janeiro — Preliminary Report
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n engl j med nejm.org 1 From Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro (P.B., J.P.P.J., L.D., M.W., R.M.R.N., P.C.S., A.M.S., L.M.A.C., D.C.C., G.A.C., E.S.N., M.E.M., A.E.R.B., P.R.N.C., A.M.B.F.); Biomedical Research Institute of Southern California, Oceanside (C.R.G.); and David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles (C.J., S.G.V., J.D.C., K.N.-S.). Address reprint requests to Dr. NielsenSaines at the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, MDCC 22-442, 10833 LeConte Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90095, or at knielsen@ mednet . ucla . edu.
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