African-lineage Zika virus replication dynamics and maternal-fetal interface infection in pregnant rhesus macaques
C. M. Crooks, A. M. Weiler, S. L. Rybarczyk, M. I. Bliss, A. S. Jaeger, M. E. Murphy, H. A. Simmons, A. Mejia, M. K. Fritsch, J. M. Hayes, J. C. Eickhoff, A. M. Mitzey, E. Razo, K. Braun, E. A. Brown, , 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.
bioRxiv · Nov 30, 2020Microbiology