MicrobiologybioRxiv
African-lineage Zika virus replication dynamics and maternal-fetal interface infection in pregnant rhesus macaques
C. M. Crooks, A. M. Weiler, S. L. Rybarczyk…·T. C. Friedrich
This study infects pregnant rhesus macaques with African- and Asian-lineage Zika virus to compare their pathogenesis, finding similar replication kinetics but higher viral burden in maternal-fetal interface tissues with African-lineage isolates.
DOI 10.1128/jvi.02220-20