英语新闻听写 研究表明寨卡病毒与出生缺陷存在重大关联（在线收听）

A new study from Brazil is helping to strengthen the suspected link between the flu-like virus Zika, and the strong upswing in birth defects.

巴西的一项新的研究有助于加强类流感寨卡病毒与出生缺陷上升的可疑关联。

In a study of 88 women in Rio de Janeiro, the study found that the 42 women who had contracted Zika virus, 12 had the birth defect microcephaly present at birth.

在里约热内卢对88名妇女进行研究，发现42名感染寨卡病毒的妇女，12名初生儿患小头畸形缺陷。

The birth defect kills a type of brain cell that is critical to developing infant brains.

出生缺陷消灭一种脑细胞，对发育婴儿的大脑至关重要。

And the long-term effects of this particular birth defect are still being studied.

特殊出生缺陷的长期影响仍在研究中。

So, even though actually contracting the virus had very few severe symptoms, pregnant women have dangerous outcomes from the Zika virus.

所以，即使感染病毒有极少严重症状，寨卡病毒会给孕妇带来危险的结果。