Abstract
Zika congenital syndrome (ZCS), characterized by microcephaly and others neural fetal abnormalities, may affect babies exposed to ZIKA virus (ZIKV) during pregnancy. Since ZIKV infects preferentially neural progenitor cells (NPC), inhibiting its proliferation and differentiation and leading to cell death, we tested ZIKV oncolytic effects in embryonal central nervous system (CNS) tumors wi…