Epididymal epithelium propels early sexual transmission of Zika virus in the absence of interferon signaling

Zika virus can be sexually transmitted. Here, Pletnev et al. show in an immunocompromised mouse model that the epithelial cells of the epididymis, rather than cells of the testis, vas deferens, prostate, or seminal vesicles, are the most likely source of male-to-female sexually transmitted ZIKV geno...

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Main Authors: Alexander G. Pletnev, Olga A. Maximova, Guangping Liu, Heather Kenney, Bianca M. Nagata, Tatiana Zagorodnyaya, Ian Moore, Konstantin Chumakov, Konstantin A. Tsetsarkin
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/859a17f5c2b347d9ba22180804596e2c
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