Brain calcification in newborns with congenital Zika virus infection are caused by virus-mediated aberrant activation of a physiological pathway.
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Clements, R.L., Jurado, K.A. ZIKV actively induces calcification in the fetal brain. Nat Microbiol 6, 417–418 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-021-00885-0
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