Salivary extracellular vesicles inhibit Zika virus but not SARS-CoV-2 infection

Salivary extracellular vesicles inhibit Zika virus but not SARS-CoV-2 infection

Zika virus (ZIKV) is mainly transmitted via mosquitos, but human-to-human transmissions also occur. The virus is shed into various body fluids including saliva, which represents a possible source of viral transmission. Thus, we here explored whether human saliva affects ZIKV infectivity. We found th...

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Main Authors: Carina Conzelmann, Rüdiger Groß, Min Zou, Franziska Krüger, André Görgens, Manuela O Gustafsson, Samir El Andaloussi, Jan Münch, Janis A. Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
Subjects:
extracellular vesicles
exosomes
saliva
zika virus
flavivirus
transmission
inhibition
antiviral
sars-cov-2
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20013078.2020.1808281

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20013078.2020.1808281

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