A new study of Zika-infected Brazilian pregnant women and their infants adds to growing evidence the mosquito-borne virus can cause an array of severe birth defects that go far beyond microcephaly.
The study of 11 Brazilian babies, by a team of doctors and medical researchers, documents various congenital disorders including not only undersized skulls and brains, but also malformations of the cerebellum, gaps and lesions in the skull, and other conditions that may cause newborns to die shortly after birth or have long-term cognitive and other disabilities.
