MicrobiologybioRxiv
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…·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.