Two sides of a coin: a Zika virus mutation selected in pregnant rhesus macaques promotes fetal infection in mice but at a cost of reduced fitness in nonpregnant macaques and diminished transmissibility by vectors
D. Lemos, J. B. Stuart, W. Louie, A. Singapuri, A. L. Ramirez, J. Watanabe, J. Usachenko, R. Keesler, C. Sanchez-San Martin, T. Li, C. Martyn, G. Oliveira, S. Saraf, N. D. Grubaugh, K. Andersen, , L. L. Coffey
This paper identifies a ZIKV mutation, M1404I, that enhances fetal infection in mice but reduces viral fitness and transmissibility in nonpregnant macaques and mosquitoes.
bioRxiv · Aug 11, 2020Microbiology