ImmunologyFrontiers in ImmunologyPeer-reviewed
Chronic innate immune impairment and ZIKV persistence in the gastrointestinal tract during SIV infection in pigtail macaques
Jennifer Tisoncik-Go, Thomas B. Lewis, Leanne S. Whitmore…·Megan A. O’Connor
This study investigates how SIV-induced immunosuppression affects ZIKV replication and persistence in pigtail macaques, finding increased viral persistence and chronic immune activation in the gastrointestinal tract.