Development of a Zika Virus Infection Model in Cynomolgus Macaques

Development of a Zika Virus Infection Model in Cynomolgus Macaques

Limited availability of Indian rhesus macaques (IRM) is a bottleneck to study Zika virus (ZIKV) pathogenesis and evaluation of appropriate control measures in non-human primates. To address these issues, we report here the Mauritian cynomolgus macaque (MCM) model for ZIKV infection. In brief, six MC...

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Main Authors: Fusataka Koide, Scott Goebel, Beth Snyder, Kevin B Walters, Alison Gast, Kimberly Hagelin, Raj Kalkeri, Jonathan Rayner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Flavivirus
non-human primate
Arbovirus
cynomolgus macaque
Zika virus
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.02028/full

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