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Zika virus is the cause of a surge in birth defects across Latin America and the Caribbean, the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced on 13 April, linking Zika infection during pregnancy not only to microcephaly but also to congenital blindness, stillbirth, and other fetal abnormalities.
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