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Acquired Microcephaly

Allan Miguel dos Santos, 10 months old, apparently healthy, his parents Brenda Ketle (17 years old) and Alisson Severino (22 years old) were informed that the child had acquired microcephaly 5 months later. They said they did all the exams and none of them showed microcephaly. Brenda said The diagnosis does not change her love for her child. Cabo de Santo Agostinho, northeast of Brazil on November 24, 2016. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published a study that describes 13 cases in the states of Pernambuco and Ceará of infants whose mothers had zika during pregnancy. Some babies infected with the zika virus are apparently healthy but have brain malformations and then develop microcephaly. (Photo by Diego Herculano/NurPhoto)

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