SIV/SHIV-Zika co-infection does not alter disease pathogenesis in adult non-pregnant rhesus macaque model.

• Main Authors: Mehdi R M Bidokhti (Author), Debashis Dutta (Author), Lepakshe S V Madduri (Author), Shawna M Woollard (Author), Robert Norgren (Author), Luis Giavedoni (Author), Siddappa N Byrareddy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Due to the large geographical overlap of populations exposed to Zika virus (ZIKV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), understanding the disease pathogenesis of co-infection is urgently needed. This warrants the development of an animal model for HIV-ZIKV co-infection. In this study, we used adul...