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Zika

An emerging teratogenic virus

Hail M. Al-Abdely
Saudi Medical Journal August 2016, 37 (8) 831-833; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.8.15676
Hail M. Al-Abdely
From the General Directorate of Infection Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS, MD
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