Detection of Zika virus in mouse mammary gland and breast milk.

• Main Authors: Jose Angel Regla-Nava (Author), Karla M Viramontes (Author), Teodora Vozdolska (Author), Anh-Thy Huynh (Author), Tom Villani (Author), Graeme Gardner (Author), Michael Johnson (Author), Pamela J Ferro (Author), Sujan Shresta (Author), Kenneth Kim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Clinical reports of Zika Virus (ZIKV) RNA detection in breast milk have been described, but evidence conflicts as to whether this RNA represents infectious virus. We infected post-parturient AG129 murine dams deficient in type I and II interferon receptors with ZIKV. ZIKV RNA was detected in pup sto...