Zika virus spreads through infection of lymph node-resident macrophages
H. Hickman, G. V. Reynoso, D. N. Gordon, A. Kalia, C. C. Aguilar, C. Malo, M. Aleshnick, K. Dowd, C. Cherry, J. Shannon, S. Vrba, S. Maciejewski, K. Asano, T. Pierson
This study shows Zika virus infects lymph node macrophages, which directly release virus into the blood without requiring migratory immune cells.
bioRxiv · Sep 20, 2022Microbiology