Commentary

Zika virus: The path to fetal infection


 

Dr. Sadovsky is scientific director of the Magee-Womens Research Institute, Elsie Hilliard Hillman Chair of Women’s Health Research, and professor of ob.gyn., reproductive sciences, microbiology, and molecular genetics at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Coyne is associate professor of microbiology and molecular genetics, and ob.gyn. and reproductive sciences, at the University of Pittsburgh.* Their research addressed in this Master Class was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, State of Pennsylvania Formula Research Funds, and Burroughs Wellcome Fund.

*Correction, 7/05/2016: An earlier version of this article misstated Dr. Coyne's academic title.

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