Ilheus and Saint Louis encephalitis viruses elicit cross-protection against a lethal Rocio virus challenge in mice.

Rocio virus (ROCV) was the causative agent of an unprecedented outbreak of encephalitis during the 1970s in the Vale do Ribeira, Sao Paulo State, in the Southeast region of Brazil. Surprisingly, no further cases of ROCV infection were identified after this outbreak; however, serological surveys have...

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Main Authors: Alberto Anastacio Amarilla, Marcilio Jorge Fumagalli, Mario Luis Figueiredo, Djalma S Lima-Junior, Nilton Nascimento Santos-Junior, Helda Liz Alfonso, Veronica Lippi, Amanda Cristina Trabuco, Flavio Lauretti, Vanessa Danielle Muller, David F Colón, João P M Luiz, Andreas Suhrbier, Yin Xiang Setoh, Alexander A Khromykh, Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo, Victor Hugo Aquino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5999289?pdf=render