"The images studied came from 17 babies whose mothers had a confirmed Zika infection during pregnancy and from 28 without laboratory proof but with all indications of Zika."
So in other words, the majority of cases could not confirm Zika as the cause, so it could be something else. Like say, agricultural toxins + degraded immune system + lack of nutritional supplementation to offset the effects during the pre-embroyotic stage?
Agreed, if your define 'science' is that which can be proven by duplication of all variables, and the results are always the same.
This is a news article about organic brain and developmental abnormalities of babies that have Zika and microcephaly; if you want science, go to the CDC, or Johns Hopkins, or MIT.
Salvavida :".. the majority of cases could not confirm Zika as the cause, so it could be something else.
Like say, agricultural toxins + degraded immune system + lack of nutritional supplementation
to offset the effects during the pre-embroyotic stage?"
Correct. Zika is present, or believed to be present in all these cases of microcephaly;
however, there are some cases where there is not yet lab tests proof positive of Zika exposure, but there are indications.
Yes, it is possible that "agricultural toxins + degraded immune system + lack of nutritional supplementation" could have contributed to the microcephaly.
Also, given the simple construct of viri RNA, the virus is susceptable to mutation on its own, as well as a result of external environmental conditions (ie agricultural toxins,
host degraded immune system, insufficinet nutritional supplement during gestation).
One such agricultural toxin used as an insecticide against mosquito larva has already been possibly identified, and its use curtailed by Brazilian authorities.