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Photos: Brazil confronts Zika virus

January 28, 2016 10:47AM ET

Authorities are overwhelmed by the dramatic surge in babies born with microcephaly

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Gleyse Kelly holds her daughter Maria Geovana, who has microcephaly, in Recife, Jan. 25, 2016. Health authorities in Brazil are overwhelmed by the surge in cases of babies born with the condition. Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters
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Mothers with children who have microcephaly await medical care at a hospital in Recife, which has been exceptionally hard hit by the spread of the disease. Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters
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A doctor measures the head of a 2-month-old baby with microcephaly, Jan. 27, 2016 in Recife. Mario Tama / Getty Images
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Child neurologist Vanessa Van Der Linden, who was among the first to recognize the scale of the microcephaly crisis, examines brain scans of a baby's skull. Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters
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The Zika virus is spread by mosquitoes, who find ample breeding grounds in pools of stagnant water like this polluted canal in Recife. Mario Tama / Getty Images
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Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are studied in a lab at the Fiocruz institute in Recife, Jan. 26, 2016. The virus is spread most commonly through bites from this insect. Mario Tama / Getty Images
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Matheus Lima, 22, and Kleisse Marcelina, 24, tend their two-month-old son Pietro, who has microcephaly, at a hospital in Salvador, Jan. 27, 2016. Christophe Simon / AFP / Getty Images
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A mother in Recife sorts through the various medications she needs to buy for her 3-months-old daughter, who has microcephaly, Jan. 27, 2016 in Recife. Mario Tama / Getty Images

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