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Abnormally increased numbers of Hofbauer cells can be identified in this enlarged chorionic villus from a 21 week gestation fetus using immunohistochemistry with CD-163 antibody. All the brown-staining cells in this image represent the nuclei villous stromal macrophages (Hofbauer cells). The fetus had microcephaly and Zika virus infection confirmed by RT-PCR
