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Infection via mosquito bite alters Zika virus tissue tropism and replication kinetics in rhesus macaques
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2017.
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Abstract
- 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.
- Subjects :
- Science
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.31917530d7414bac87d6c4b747a76d29
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02222-8