Modeling mosquito-borne and sexual transmission of Zika virus in an enzootic host, the African green monkey.

• Main Authors: Andrew D Haddow (Author), Unai Perez-Sautu (Author), Michael R Wiley (Author), Lynn J Miller (Author), Adrienne E Kimmel (Author), Lucia M Principe (Author), Suzanne E Wollen-Roberts (Author), Joshua D Shamblin (Author), Stephanie M Valdez (Author), Lisa H Cazares (Author), William D Pratt (Author), Franco D Rossi (Author), Luis Lugo-Roman (Author), Sina Bavari (Author), Gustavo F Palacios (Author), Aysegul Nalca (Author), Farooq Nasar (Author), M Louise M Pitt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mosquito-borne and sexual transmission of Zika virus (ZIKV), a TORCH pathogen, recently initiated a series of large epidemics throughout the Tropics. Animal models are necessary to determine transmission risk and study pathogenesis, as well screen antivirals and vaccine candidates. In this study, we...