Intraamniotic Zika virus inoculation of pregnant rhesus macaques produces fetal neurologic disease

Intraamniotic Zika virus inoculation of pregnant rhesus macaques produces fetal neurologic disease

Zika virus infection of pregnant women can cause congenital brain defects. Here, Coffey et al. establish a pregnant rhesus macaque model, using intravenous and intraamniotic route of infection, that reliably reproduces fetal neurologic defects of congenital Zika syndrome in humans.

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Autores principales: Lark L. Coffey, Rebekah I. Keesler, Patricia A. Pesavento, Kevin Woolard, Anil Singapuri, Jennifer Watanabe, Christina Cruzen, Kari L. Christe, Jodie Usachenko, JoAnn Yee, Victoria A. Heng, Eliza Bliss-Moreau, J. Rachel Reader, Wilhelm von Morgenland, Anne M. Gibbons, Kenneth Jackson, Amir Ardeshir, Holly Heimsath, Sallie Permar, Paranthaman Senthamaraikannan, Pietro Presicce, Suhas G. Kallapur, Jeffrey M. Linnen, Kui Gao, Robert Orr, Tracy MacGill, Michelle McClure, Richard McFarland, John H. Morrison, Koen K. A. Van Rompay
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/0c47a3f0b9ab40999b9779d3fa59c1c9
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Sumario:Zika virus infection of pregnant women can cause congenital brain defects. Here, Coffey et al. establish a pregnant rhesus macaque model, using intravenous and intraamniotic route of infection, that reliably reproduces fetal neurologic defects of congenital Zika syndrome in humans.

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