Proving Zika's Brain Deformity Links Hinges on Diagnostic Tools

  • Virus test needs to be available in communities, doctor says
  • Proof of deformity link will spur Zika vaccine research

A man holds his one-month-old daughter at the AACD Hospital in Recife, Brazil.

Photographer: Rafael Fabres/Bloomberg
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The race to find the cause of the birth defects that have sparked an international health emergency hinges on a rapid supply of diagnostic tools, experts on the front line say.

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