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Zika – a wake-up call for continuous fetal monitoring

Chris Bateman

Abstract


A medical ethicist from the University of KwaZulu Natal, (UKZN), Professor Sylvester Chima, warned maternal health workers attending the Africa Health Exhibition/Congress in Gauteng this June to be especially vigilant in monitoring for fetal abnormalities.


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Chris Bateman, Health and Medical Publishing Group, South Africa

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Keywords

Zika virus; Fetal abnormalities

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South African Medical Journal 2016;106(7):651. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i7.11094

Article History

Date submitted: 2016-05-27
Date published: 2016-06-17

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