Zika Virus Tissue and Blood Compartmentalization in Acute Infection of Rhesus Macaques.

Animal models of Zika virus (ZIKV) are needed to better understand tropism and pathogenesis and to test candidate vaccines and therapies to curtail the pandemic. Humans and rhesus macaques possess similar fetal development and placental biology that is not shared between humans and rodents. We inocu...

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Main Authors: Lark L Coffey, Patricia A Pesavento, Rebekah I Keesler, Anil Singapuri, Jennifer Watanabe, Rie Watanabe, JoAnn Yee, Eliza Bliss-Moreau, Christina Cruzen, Kari L Christe, J Rachel Reader, Wilhelm von Morgenland, Anne M Gibbons, A Mark Allen, Jeff Linnen, Kui Gao, Eric Delwart, Graham Simmons, Mars Stone, Marion Lanteri, Sonia Bakkour, Michael Busch, John Morrison, Koen K A Van Rompay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5283740?pdf=render