Infection via mosquito bite alters Zika virus tissue tropism and replication kinetics in rhesus macaques
oleh: Dawn M. Dudley, Christina M. Newman, Joseph Lalli, Laurel M. Stewart, Michelle R. Koenig, Andrea M. Weiler, Matthew R. Semler, Gabrielle L. Barry, Katie R. Zarbock, Mariel S. Mohns, Meghan E. Breitbach, Nancy Schultz-Darken, Eric Peterson, Wendy Newton, Emma L. Mohr, Saverio Capuano III, Jorge E. Osorio, Shelby L. O’Connor, David H. O’Connor, Thomas C. Friedrich, Matthew T. Aliota
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2017-12-01 |
Deskripsi
Vector saliva can affect infectivity and pathogenesis of vector-borne viruses, but this hasn’t been studied for Zika virus infection. Here, Dudley et al. show that mosquito-mediated Zika infection of macaques results in altered replication kinetics and greater sequence heterogeneity.