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The Zika virus: Lurking behind the COVID‐19 pandemic?

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By Joseph V Pergolizzi, Jo Ann LeQuang, Sumiyo Umeda‐Raffa, Charles H. Fleischer
| Wiley Online Library Verified
Abstract What is known and objective The sudden and extensive outbreak of coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2) has overshadowed another developing viral threat: the Zika flavivirus. Of particular concern is that pregnant women can pass Zika virus to the foetus, and there is a strong implication of an association between Zika virus infection and foetal microcephaly. Currently, there is no vaccine, and there is no cure.
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Bone fractures during the time of coronavirus

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By Sumiyo Umeda‐Raffa, Robert B Raffa
| Wiley Online Library Verified
1 WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE The name coronavirus derives from the image created in electron micrographs, which is reminiscent of the solar corona.1, 2 Coronaviruses have variable propensities to infect humans, but in December 2019 a pneumonia outbreak occurred in Wuhan China that was soon traced to a novel strain.3 The World Health Organization (WHO) assigned the temporary name 2019‐nCoV4; later renamed SARS‐CoV‐2 by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.
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