Can nonhuman primates serve as models for investigating dengue disease pathogenesis?

Can nonhuman primates serve as models for investigating dengue disease pathogenesis?

Dengue Virus (DV) infects between 50 and 100 million people globally, with public health costs totaling in the billions. It is the causative agent of dengue fever (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome (DHF/DSS), vector-borne diseases that initially predominated in the tropics. Due...

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Main Authors: Kristina eClark, Nattawat eOnlamoon, Hui-Mien eHsiao, Guey ePerng, Francois eVillinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Bone Marrow
Dengue Virus
Hemorrhage
nonhuman primate
Platelet
Disease pathogenesis
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00305/full

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